Early Dynastic, 2500-2200 BC. A substantial pillow-shaped terracotta tablet with Sumerian text regarding farmland; accompanied by a handwritten and signed scholarly note by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham 1970-1993, which states: 'Clay tablet, 70 x 86 mm., with 5 columns of Sumerian script on the obverse, one sideways on the reverse. An administrative document about farmland on the obverse; the reverse perhaps a summary; or a different thing, suggesting that the obverse is a scribal exercise. Interesting. Early Dynastic or Akkadian, c. 2500-2200 B.C.' 200 grams, 86mm (3 1/2"). Part of a specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman; 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] Fine condition.