TimeLine Auctions

Auction 145  –  21 - 25 February 2023

TimeLine Auctions, Auction 145

Greek, Roman, Egyptian & Other Antiquities, Natural History & Coins

Part 1: Tu, 21.02.2023, from 11:00 AM CET
Part 2: We, 22.02.2023, from 11:00 AM CET
Part 3: Th, 23.02.2023, from 11:00 AM CET
Part 4: Fr, 24.02.2023, from 11:00 AM CET
Part 5: Sa, 25.02.2023, from 11:00 AM CET
The auction is closed.

Description

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]

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Price realized 220 GBP
Starting price 5 GBP
Estimate 70 GBP
The auction is closed.
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