Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Babylon, Old Babylonian Period, ca. 1900 to 1700 BCE. A hand-built clay tablet of an ovoid form displaying roughly 13 or 14 partial lines of inscribed cuneiform text. The cuneiform text is first inscribed in the still-wet clay with a sharpened reed prior to being placed inside of a kiln so the script can be made legible and unalterable. While not fully translated, a brief interpretation of the text indicates this tablet records amounts of bread given to several named persons, followed by a summary. Size: 2.1" W x 2" H (5.3 cm x 5.1 cm)

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-private Brooklyn, New York, USA collection, acquired in the 2000s; ex-Dr. Byron Lipkin collection, United Kingdom

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#163891

Several repaired chips around peripheries with light adhesive residue along break lines. Losses to areas of inscribed cuneiform text as shown. Nice preservation to remaining cuneiform characters. Old inventory label on verso.