Circa 20th-16th century B.C. A pillow-shaped ceramic tablet bearing stamped cuneiform text to both faces, together with trace remains of the original envelope and the cylinder seal impressions on it. 35.9 grams, 41 mm (1 5/8 in.). Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992.Thence by descent to family members. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.