Dated 1792 BC. A pillow-shaped ceramic administrative tablet with impressed cuneiform text to both broad faces; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Clay tablet, 91x57mm., with 21 lines of Babylonian cuneiform on obverse and reverse. It is an administrative document dated to the 31st year of R?m-Sîn I (c.1792 B.C.), king of Larsa, listing 12 men in the employment of some large establishment giving their names on the far right of the column, their professional titles in front of the names, and on the left side two columns with figures for each man, referring to each man. The figures are summarized at the bottom of the list, and the reverse of the tablet gives the date: / year: second after Isin was captured by the exalted weapon of An, Enlil and Enki. / Some damage to the top of the reverse, but most of the writing is preserved.' 180 grams, 90mm (3 1/2"). 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.