17th-15th century BC. A ceramic tablet with cuneiform text to one face; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Clay Tablet, 47 x 80mm., inscribed with 7 lines of Babylonian cuneiform on the obverse only. An administrative document, c. 1700-1500 B.C. listing areas of land against named men with their professions given. Six such men and their areas of land are given. No doubt they got their land in return for services to the king, and this is a record of the fact.'132 grams, 81mm (3 1/4"). Part of a 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; this small collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples; accompanied by a copy of a typed and signed scholarly note by Professor Lambert; collection number 63.

Fair condition.