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LOT 0237
Uruk Clay Pictographic Tablet Bearing an Economic Text Relating to Farm Produce
4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 3/4 in. (61.1 grams, 72 mm).
Written over two faces; lentoid cross-section.
Provenance
Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992.
Thence by descent to family members.
Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11869-201159.
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LOT 0237
Uruk Clay Pictographic Tablet Bearing an Economic Text Relating to Farm Produce
Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,100
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