LOT 0167 Old Babylonian Private Legal Contract
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1749-1712 BC. A large clay legal document with Akkadian cuneiform text containing names of witnesses and several seal impressions; accompanied by a scholarly note, issued by W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham 1970-1993, which states: 'Old Babylonian private legal document in Akkadian, a contract of uncertain nature. Nineteen witnesses are named, including the scribe. Part of the envelope is preserved, mentioning that a the (sic) parties to the contract took an oath by the gods Adad and Marduk, and the king, Samsu-iluna. Names of the witnesses then follow. There are several impressions tof (sic) the cylinder-seals of the people involved. From s. Iraq. Dated to the 5th month of year 6 of Samsu-iluna, king of Babylon (1749-1712 BC).' 345 grams, 13.3cm (5 1/4"). Ex central London gallery; acquired on the UK art market in 1998; formerly from an old London collection; believed examined by the late Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s; and accompanied by a copy of a typed and unsigned scholarly note, the original possibly written by the Professor. [No Reserve]
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