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LOT 1321
Western Asiatic Cuneiform Tablet Fragment
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 7/8 in. (35 grams, 48 mm).
Bifacial, triangular in plan with one rounded edge; impressed grid and cuneiform texts to both broad faces and one edge; likely one corner of a pillow-shaped tablet. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceLondon, UK, art market, 1980s.
From the collection of G.M.R.H., London, UK.
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