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MESOPOTAMIAN CLAY CUNEIFORM TABLET

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Mesopotamian Clay Cuneiform Tablet - 37 Lines of Text: Ancient Near East, southern Mesopotamia, Babylon, Old Babylonian period, ca. 1900 to 1600 BCE. A hand-built clay tablet with slightly convex faces and peripheries. The tablet contains an administrativ

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Mesopotamian Clay Cuneiform Tablet, Grain Receipt: Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, Neo-Sumerian Empire, Third Dynasty of Ur, dated to the reign of Shu-Sin, ca. 2037 to 2029 BCE. A hand-built clay administrative tablet of bulky form bearing 11 f

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Mesopotamian Clay Cuneiform Tablet - Cattle: Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Babylon, Old Babylonian Period, ca. 1900 to 1700 BCE. A hand-built clay tablet of a rectangular form with a gently convex obverse face. The front of the tablet contains

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MESOPOTAMIAN CLAY CUNEIFORM TABLET: Ca. 1900-1700 BC.A rectangular-shaped clay tablet, written in cuneiform. The inscriptions on the tablet refer to administrative and legal affairs. Cuneiform script is one of the oldest types of writin

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Mesopotamian Clay Cuneiform Tablet Fragments: Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, ca. 2100 to 2000 BCE. A set of 2 hand-built clay tablet fragments, each with ample remains of inscribed cuneiform text. The first fragment bears sections of 14 l

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MESOPOTAMIAN CLAY CUNEIFORM TABLET: Ca. 1900-1700 BC.An Old Babylonian rectangular cuneiform made of clay, inscribed either a tax register or name list. Clay cuneiform tablets were small enough to be portable and durable when dried, cla

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MESOPOTAMIAN CLAY CUNEIFORM TABLET: Ca. 2000 BC.A rectangular-section ceramic tablet with rounded edges and corners, bearing cuneiform script to both faces in panels. Documents such as this piece were used for a multitude of things incl

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MESOPOTAMIAN CLAY CUNEIFORM TABLET: Ca. 1900-1700 BC.A square-shaped clay tablet, written in cuneiform. The inscriptions on the tablet refer to administrative and legal affairs. Cuneiform script is one of the oldest types of writing, or

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Lot of 3 Fine Mesopotamian Clay Cuneiform Tablets: Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Middle Babylonian Period, ca. 1595 to 1155 BCE. A trio of hand-built terracotta administrative tablets with rectangular forms, slightly-rounded peripheries, and convex

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Lot of 2 Large Mesopotamian Clay Cuneiform Tablets: Ancient Near East, Southern Mesopotamia, Old Babylonian Period, ca. 1900 to 1600 BCE. A gathering of two large rectangular clay tablets with lightly rounded peripheries and slightly convex faces. Each

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Mesopotamian Clay Cuneiform Tablets (4): Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Old Babylonian period, ca. 1900 to 1700 BCE. A lovely gathering of four hand-built clay tablets that contain several lines of one of the earliest forms of structured wr

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Mesopotamian Cuneiform Clay Tablet - Translated: Ancient Near East, Ur, dated to year 2 of King Amar-Suen of Ur III, 2046 to 2038 BCE. A fired clay biscuit tablet carved with a reed instrument when soft and then fired to preserve the text. It is an

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Mesopotamian Cuneiform Clay Tablet: Ancient Near East, Ur III, ca. 2112 to 2004 BCE. A clay "biscuit" with cuneiform writing. Cuneiform script is one of the oldest known writing systems in the world, made using a reed as a stylus and sc

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Mesopotamian Ur Cuneiform "Biscuit" Tablet: Mesopotamia, Ur, ca. 2000 BCE. This is a clay tablet with cuneiform writing on side, and is probably a late example of the form. These tablets were once referred to as "dog biscuits" by a former Direc

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Translated Mesopotamian Clay Tablet, ex-Bonhams: Ancient Near East, Sumer, Third Dynasty of Ur, ca. 2080 to 2030 BCE. A petite clay tablet with rounded sides and faces. The tablet bears thirteen lines of cuneiform text made by pressing a sharpened r

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Ca. 1900-1700 BC.An Old Babylonian rectangular cuneiform made of clay, inscribed either a tax register or name list. Clay cuneiform tablets were small enough to be portable and durable when dried, clay tablets allowed for the transmission of information across time and space. Although different types of scrips and languages could be impressed into the clay using a reed stylus. This method of writing was most often used to create texts in the cuneiform script and Akkadian language.Size: L:75mm / W:50mm ; 110gProvenance: Property of a London collector, acquired from a London Ancient Art dealer; formerly in a collection of a deceased gentleman circa 1988 by descent to the family.