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THBOLD BABYLONIAN TERRACOTTA CUNEIFORM TABLET
Lot 423
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By Apollo Art Auctions
Mar 27, 2022
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2022-03-27 08:00:00
2022-03-27 08:00:00
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Bidsquare : Ancient, Chinese and Islamic Art
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Apollo Galleries and Auctions is delighted to present a stunning March 2022 Ancient, Chinese and Islamic Art Auction. The sale is divided into four sections and features items from Christie’s, Bonham’s, Alison Barker, John Lee and other famous collections. Apollo Art Auctions enquiries@apolloauctions.com
Apollo Galleries and Auctions is delighted to present a stunning March 2022 Ancient, Chinese and Islamic Art Auction. The sale is divided into four sections and features items from Christie’s, Bonham’s, Alison Barker, John Lee and other famous collections. Apollo Art Auctions enquiries@apolloauctions.com
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- Lot Description
Circa 1900 BC A rectangular-section ceramic tablet with rounded edges and corners, bearing cuneiform script to both faces in panels. Documents such as they were used or a multitude of things including administrative and accountacy. For reading: E. Sollberger, 'New Lists of the Kings of Ur and Isin', Journal of Cuneiform Studies 8, 1954, pp.135-6. A.H. Grayson, King List 2, 'Königlisten und Chroniken' Reallexicon der Assyriologie und vorderasiatische Archaeologie, Berlin, 1980, p. 90. K Lippincott (ed.), with Umberto Eco & E.H. Gombrich, The Story of Time, London, 1999, p.255. J Friberg, A Remarkable Collection of Babylonian Mathematical Texts (Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Manuscripts in the Schøyen Collection: Cuneiform Texts I), New York, 2007, pp.233-236. Andrew George (ed.), Cuneiform Royal Inscriptions and Related Texts in the Schøyen Collection (Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology, vol. 17, Manuscripts in the Schøyen Collection, Cuneiform texts VI), Bethesda, 2011, text 100, pp.206-207, pl. LXXXV. Size: L:115mm / W:50mm; 175g Provenance: From the important collection of a London doctor A.R; passed by descent to his son; formerly acquired the 1980s on the UK art market.
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