Assyrian Cuneiform Tablet
13th century B.C. A roughly tabular clay tablet bearing impressed cuneiform text arranged in vertical columns to five of its six faces. Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 62.85.1, for a 13th century Assyrian tablet. 682 grams, 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.). Ex French art market.with Boisgirard & Associés, Paris, 14 February 2005, lot 246.Private Swiss collection since 2005. [For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price]