TWO MESOPOTAMIAN CLAY CUNEIFORM TABLETS

Lot 66
03.07.2024 15:30UTC +00:00
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Lot 66 | TWO MESOPOTAMIAN CLAY CUNEIFORM TABLETS
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£ 3 000 – 5 000
TWO MESOPOTAMIAN CLAY CUNEIFORM TABLETS
THIRD DYNASTY OF UR, CIRCA 2112-2004 B.C.
Larger: 2 3/8in. (6.1 cm.) long
Smaller: 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm.) long




Provenance

Larger tablet:
Antiquities; Christie’s, London, 16 July 1985, Lot 292.
Jacques Carré (1927-2015), Antwerp, acquired from the above, thence by descent.
Smaller tablet:
Collection X, 8e vente: Bronzes et Terres Cuites du Louristan et de la Caspienne, Glyptique, Boisgirard and Heeckeren, Paris, 21-22 September 1982, Lot 250.
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