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Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablet

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Rare Ancient Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablet .: Rare Ancient Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablet ,Ca. 2nd millennium B.C. pottery tablet untranslated, probably an administrative record, â€‹pottery tablet with impressed cuneiform writing covering bot

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A Mesopotamian cuneiform tablet, Ur III: A Mesopotamian cuneiform tablet, Ur III, c. 2100 BC, in hardened clay, the rectangular tablet with five beautifully incised lines of cuneiform text, the opposite side with a few partial lines remainin

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Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablet Fragment Group: Early 2nd millennium B.C. Group of three fragments of pillow-shaped tablets with impressed cuneiform text. 154 grams total, 43-60 mm (1 3/4 - 2 3/8 in.). Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the

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Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablet Fragment Group: Early 2nd millennium B.C. Group of three fragments from pillow-shaped tablets with impressed text to one remaining face. 241 grams total, 38 - 86 mm (1 1/2 - 3 3/8 in.). Specialised collection of cune

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Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablet Fragment Collection: 3rd millennium B.C. A group of five clay tablet fragments of various shapes and sizes, each with cuneiform text to one or multiple faces. Cf. Chiriu, D., Ricci, P.C., Carbonaro, C.M., Nadali, D., ‘R

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Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablet Fragment Collection: Circa 2nd millennium B.C. A group of five clay tablet fragments of various shapes and sizes, each with cuneiform text to one or multiple faces. 128 grams total, 25-76 mm (1 - 3 in.). Specialised colle

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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: 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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Mesopotamian Proto-Cuneiform Tablet Half: 4th millennium B.C. A cut half of a D-shaped ceramic proto-cuneiform tablet with impressed forms to both faces, possibly simple signs for numbers. 30.6 grams, 41 mm (1 5/8 in.) Specialised collection

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Mesopotamian / Babylonian Administrative Cuneiform: **First Time At Auction** Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Old Babylonian Period, ca. 2000 to 1600 BCE. A very old administrative document listing fields, in the form of a ceramic "biscuit," a tablet c

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Old Babylonian Cuneiform Tablet for Hammurabi, King of Babylon: c.18th century B.C. A ceramic pillow-shaped cuneiform tablet; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993

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Cuneiform Tablet, Doves from the Wife of King Shulgi: Sumerian Cuneiform Tablet, Regarding Doves Delivered from the Wife of King Shulgi, c. 2020 B.C.Complete tablet, regarding delivery of 3 doves received by the official Apilia, from Shulgi-Simti, the wi

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Old Babylonian Envelope with Cuneiform Tablet: 3rd-2nd millennium B.C. A ceramic envelope with tablet remaining inside, the latter with remains of impressed cuneiform text; outer envelope breaking open. 55 grams, 48 mm (1 7/8 in.). Specialised col

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2nd-1st millennium B.C. Pillow-shaped in form and displaying cuneiform text to both principal faces; repaired. 220 grams, 95 mm (3 3/4 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. This small collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples. [No Reserve]