Large Old Babylonian Cuneiform Clay Tablet Fragment

Object Description

A fragment of Western Asiatic, Old Babylonian clay tablet. It is inscribed with cuneiform text to both sides in horizontal registers. This is a fragment of a whole tablet.

Date: Circa 18th – 17th century BC

Object History

The property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992. Thence by descent to family members.

Object Condition

Fine condition, signs of cracks and chips remain visible to the surfaces. A surface section is missing from the bottom left corner of the front, and along the top of the obverse. There is also some minor staining to the surface.

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