2000-1600 BC. A clay exercise tablet with a mathematical multiplication table; accompanied by a copy of a handwritten scholarly note, which states: '2. Babylonian Clay Tablet. 100mm x 54mm. A mathematical multiplication table on each side, in sexagesimal notation. The obverse is a table for 45 and the reverse is for 145,600. Factors are given up to 50. Having two tables on one tablet is very unusual. The script is small and neat, but this is still properly described as an exercise tablet, though clearly by a proficient scribe. Old Babylonian, ca 2000-1600 BC. Excellent condition.' 203 grams, 10cm (4"). Ex central London gallery; acquired on the UK art market in 1998; formerly from an old London collection; accompanied by an unsigned re-written scholarly note, the original possibly by the late W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993. [No Reserve]