old babylonian cuneiform school practice tablet

A rare school exercise tablet. Sub-circular, lentoid in section, bearing cuneiform scribal work in large characters on one side.
Circa 1950-1700 BC.

Fine condition generally: One section with an old repair, a part missing from one edge and half of the surface missing on one side resulting in partial loss of the script a dig to one edge affecting part of the script good stable fabric.Width 10.1 cms (4 ins). Provenance: Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992. Thence by descent to family members and dispersed 1988 in London and Geneva.Context: Such scribal tablets are always of this round shape. Type IV tablets, also known as “lentils,” are circular tablets containing one or a few lines of a composition written out once by the teacher and then a second time by the student, either underneath (typical of Nippur tablets), or on the reverse. This would appear to be an example of the former.All our items include shipping to mainland UK.All items are supplied with an illustrated certificate of authenticity (COA) which will act as a guarantee that all items are authentic and dated to the period stated.Buyers outside the UK and non-mainland UK need to email us for postage costs before buying. Overseas buyers need to check that the item they intend buying can be imported into their country and will be responsible for paying any customs and/or tax charges.

Antiques.co.uk Ref: VC8A93W38

Materials:

Baked clay

Width (cm):

10.1

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