19th-16th century BC. A large terracotta cylinder fragment, originally hexagonal in form, with lines of cuneiform text; accompanied by a scholarly note by Dr. Manuel Ceccarelli of the University of Tübingen, Germany, which states: 'Prisma with lexical lists; Old Babylonian (ca. 1900–1600 BCE), probably from Nippur (modern Nuffar, in the centre of the southern flood plain of Iraq. Face a ll. 1’-7’ duplicate the so called Early Dynastic Word List C (E. Chiera, Sumerian Lexical Texts, Chicago 1929, Nr. 42 face f 9–15).'466 grams, 15cm (6").Part of a specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman; 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; accompanied by a photocopy of Professor Lambert’s and Dr. Manuel Ceccarelli's notes. [No Reserve]