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Mesopotamia, c. 2100 BCE, limestone (?), having cuneiform on over half the body, with documentation from Ariadne Galleries having a translation of the cuneiform, h. 4-3/4 d. 2-1/4 in.; Cf. H. Frankfor

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Old Babylonian Period, ca. 2000 to 1600 BCE. A trio of cuneiform tablets, also known as biscuits, each partially translated. One is an account of fields in the town of

Mesopotamia, Sumer, ca. late 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. A fascinating pottery cuneiform tablet displaying one of the oldest known writing systems in the world upon both sides of the large rectangular

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Middle Babylonian Period, ca. 1595 to 1155 BCE. A nicely-preseved cuneiform tablet (also known as a "biscuit"), that discusses the disbursement of harvest revenues from

Iraq, ancient Mesopotamia, ca. 1974 BCE. Very fine pottery biscuit used to capture an ancient transaction. The tablet is dated to month X of year 3 of King Shu-Suen of Ur. The tablet comes from the st

Ancient Near East, southern Mesopotamia, Babylon, Old Babylonian period, ca. 1900 to 1600 BCE. A hand-built clay tablet with slightly convex faces and peripheries. The tablet contains an administrativ

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Middle Babylonian Period, ca. 1595 to 1155 BCE. A trio of hand-built terracotta administrative tablets with rectangular forms, slightly-rounded peripheries, and convex

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, Neo-Sumerian Empire, Third Dynasty of Ur, dated to the seventh year of the reign of Amar-Sin, ca. 2039 BCE. A hand-built pottery tablet of rectangular form with

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, Neo-Sumerian Empire, Third Dynasty of Ur, dated to the reign of Shu-Sin, ca. 2037 to 2029 BCE. A hand-built clay administrative tablet of bulky form bearing 11 f

**Originally Listed At $250** Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, city of Drehem (also Puzrish-Dagan), Third Dynasty of Ur, reign of Shulgi, ca. 2094 to 2047 BCE. A miniature clay tablet of a recta

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, ca. 3rd millennium BCE. An interesting group of 3 hand-built clay tablets of rectangular forms, each bearing several lines of inscribed cuneiform script. Each ta

Ancient Near East, Southern Mesopotamia, Old Babylonian Period, ca. 1900 to 1600 BCE. A gathering of two large rectangular clay tablets with lightly rounded peripheries and slightly convex faces. Each

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Babylon, Old Babylonian Period, ca. 1900 to 1700 BCE. A finely preserved clay tablet with 38 lines of cuneiform text inscribed onto both faces with a sharpened reed or

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Old Babylonian Period, ca. 2000 to 1600 BCE. A very old administrative document listing fields, in the form of a ceramic "biscuit," a tablet c

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Old Babylonian period, ca. 1900 to 1700 BCE. A lovely gathering of four hand-built clay tablets that contain several lines of one of the earliest forms of structured wr

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Old Babylonian Period, ca. 2000 to 1600 BCE. A pair of ceramic "biscuits" or tablets inscribed with dense lines of cuneiform text. The larger of the two is translated (

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Babylon, Old Babylonian Period, ca. 1900 to 1700 BCE. A hand-built clay tablet of a rectangular form with a gently convex obverse face. The front of the tablet contains

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, Third Dynasty of Ur, year 2 of the reign of Ibbi-Sin (also Ibbi-Suen), ca. 2026 BCE. A hand-built clay tablet of rectangular form bearing rounded peripheries and

**First Time 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 13 lines of inscr

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, ca. late 3rd to early 2nd millennium BCE. A nice set of fragmentary clay tablets, each containing a series of inscribed lines of ancient cuneiform text. The firs

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Babylon, Old Babylonian Period, ca. 1900 to 1700 BCE. A hand-built clay tablet of an ovoid form displaying roughly 13 or 14 partial lines of inscribed cuneiform text. T

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, ca. 2100 to 2000 BCE. A set of 2 hand-built clay tablet fragments, each with ample remains of inscribed cuneiform text. The first fragment bears sections of 14 l

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Babylon, Old Babylonian period, ca. early 2nd millennium BCE. A clay tablet of a rectangular form containing 12 to 13 lines of cuneiform text. Cuneiform is one of the w

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Babylon, Old Babylonian Period, ca. 2000 to 1600 BCE. A hand-built clay bulla of petite size bearing 9 lines of inscribed Akkadian script. The text shows that it was cr