2nd millennium B.C.. Pillow-shaped with cuneiform text to two broad faces and one edge. Cf. cuneiform text from Babylon now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, under accession no.86.11.282. 27 grams, 36 mm (1 3/8 in.).
From specialised collection of cuneiform texts, formed in the 1950s-1990s. The property of a London gentleman and housed in London, 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 1990s. The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples. [No Reserve]
Price realized | 170 GBP |
Starting price | 5 GBP |
Estimate | 100 GBP |