Rare Sumerian Clay Tablet (Visiting Card), Mesopotamia, c. 2300 - 2200 B.C.

(Oblong Clay Tablet)

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Item No.
31.36539
Culture
Mesopotamia, c. 2300 - 2200 B.C. 
Item Details.
Sumerian-Akkadian tablet with figures, seal impression and cuneiform. A “visiting card”: on one side a cylinder seal is rolled. It shows two matching pairs of hero upending lion. A two line cuneiform inscription names the ancient owner, but is not fully visible. Rare.

Comes with description and dating by Professor W.G. Lambert of the Birmingham University U.K.

Provenance: ex. collection I.B., Germany, acquired in the 1980s.

Display stand included

** Comes with a certificate from the Art Loss Register:

Size
6.2 cm L - 2 7/16 inches
Material
Terracotta 
Condition
Minor chip, otherwise intact  
Categories
Cuneiform & Tablets
Price.
US$ 2500
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