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Old Babylonian Cuneiform Accounts Tablet

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Old Babylonian Cuneiform Accounts Tablet

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20th-16th century B.C. A pillow-shaped ceramic tablet bearing cuneiform text to both faces, relating to accounts. 150 grams, 83 mm (3 1/4 in.). 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.

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Old Babylonian Cuneiform Accounts Tablet

Name: Old Babylonian Cuneiform Accounts Tablet
SKU: 132967119
Price: 800 GBP
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Estimate £400 - £600

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