A Sumerian Clay Cuneiform Pillow Tablet
ThirdDynasty of Ur, Reign of Amar-Sin, Circa 2046-2037 B.C.
Length 1 3/4 inches (4.4 cm).
Property from a Private Chicago Collection...
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A Sumerian Clay Cuneiform Tablet
ThirdDynasty of Ur, Circa 22nd-21st Century B.C.
Height 1 3/4 inches (4.4 cm).
Property from the Collection of Curator and Scholar Sidney M. Goldstein...
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OLD BABYLONIAN CLAY CUNEIFORM TABLET**FirstTime At Auction**
Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Babylon, Old Babylonian period, ca. early 2nd millennium BCE. A petite, hand-built clay tablet of a rectangular form bearing...
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