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EARLY WESTERN ASIATIC CUNEIFORM PICTOGRAPHIC TABLET

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EARLY WESTERN ASIATIC CUNEIFORM PICTOGRAPHIC TABLET

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Ca. 3100-2900 BC An early ancient Sumerian pictographic tablet, rectangular in form, one side flat and one convex, with lines of Sumerian cuneiform written in columns, recording the administrative account with entries of food supplies. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum: 1988.433.3. Size: L:100mm / W:90mm ; 150gProvenance: Property of a London Ancient Art gallery; acquired on the UK market; formerly in a private collection L.H., Staffordshire; previously in a private collection since 1980s.