3rd millennium BC. A large bifacial pillow-shaped clay tablet with two dense faces of cuneiform text. 760 grams, 14.3cm (5 1/2"). 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.