Description & Technical information

Documenting the Sale of Land

Period:  3rd Millennium B.C
Origin:  Mesopotamia
Provenance: Previously in the Private Collection of M. Duroc-Danner, purchased before 1970. This collection was kept in London between 1955 and 1973. The collection arrived in Geneva in 1973 and had been with the same family since.
This tablet is possibly one of the 21 tablets quoted on an inventory list by M. Vinchon dated 24th September 1968 (a copy of the original document is available) or this tablet is possibly one of the 21 tablets quoted on a bill of C.A. Batemen dated 6th October 1969 (a copy of the original document is available).
This tablet was photographed in the family home in London dated October 1970.
Categories: Classical & Egyptian antiquities