Cuneiform Tablet Fragment Group. 3rd-2nd millennium B.C. A group of five cuneiform ceramic tablet fragments, each comprising at least one face of cuneiform text or pictographs, three are accounting texts of about 3000; one of the fragments is late Old-Babylonian; the fifth fragment is anepigraphic. 55 grams total, 25-33 mm (1 - 1 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.This small collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples. [5, No Reserve]
Price realized | 220 GBP |
Starting price | 5 GBP |
Estimate | 70 GBP |