1900-1700 BC. A large fragment of terracotta tablet with fifty-six lines of text; accompanied by a typed and signed scholarly note by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham 1970-1993, which states: 'Clay Tablet, 99 x 66 mm., inscribed with 56 lines of Babylonian cuneiform, the lower right-hand side lacking. This dates to the Old Babylonian period, c. 1900-1700 B.C. and contains a list of persons with fathers named: e.g. Id-gamil, son of Umani. A total of 28 such entries are preserved, not all complete, but a majority. There is no summary or other explanation at the end. This could be either administrative, or a school exercise, the latter being preferable. However, it is an unusual type of document and finely written.' 208 grams, 96mm (3 3/4"). 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, chipped.