4th millennium BC. A lentoid-section ceramic counting tablet, one face inscribed with simple signs for the numbers. 93 grams, 70mm (2 3/4"). Part of a 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; this small collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples. [No Reserve] Condition Report Fair condition, repaired. Rare.