LOT 0162 Sumerian Pictographic Tablet
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Circa 3000 BC. A rectangular biconvex clay tablet with impressed grid and pictograms to each face; accompanied by an old scholarly note, signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states in reference to this (a) and another tablet (b, see lot above) presented as a pair: 'Two Pictographic clay tablets (a) 59x49mm mentions 88 sheep (b) 60x47mm. Both administrative documents c.3000 B.C. from Sumer. Condition fair.' 43 grams, 59mm (2 1/4"). 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; collection number T1(b); accompanied by an original scholarly note by W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham 1970-1993.
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