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Auction archive: Lot number 354

AN OLD BABYLONIAN CUNEIFORM TABLET

Auction 08.06.2001
8 Jun 2001
Estimate
US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
US$3,760
Auction archive: Lot number 354

AN OLD BABYLONIAN CUNEIFORM TABLET

Auction 08.06.2001
8 Jun 2001
Estimate
US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
US$3,760
Beschreibung:

AN OLD BABYLONIAN CUNEIFORM TABLET Circa 1900-1700 B.C. With two columns on each side in Sumerian cuneiform, with only one line in the left column on the reverse, with a list of Sumerian words concerning beer and brewing, with lines regarding "malt," "groats," "beer bread," "beer mix," "beer," "bran," "honey," and "chick peas," with the first lines of the beer section reading, "top beer, white beer, black beer, ordinary beer, best beer, double beer, thin beer" 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm) long

Auction archive: Lot number 354
Auction:
Datum:
8 Jun 2001
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

AN OLD BABYLONIAN CUNEIFORM TABLET Circa 1900-1700 B.C. With two columns on each side in Sumerian cuneiform, with only one line in the left column on the reverse, with a list of Sumerian words concerning beer and brewing, with lines regarding "malt," "groats," "beer bread," "beer mix," "beer," "bran," "honey," and "chick peas," with the first lines of the beer section reading, "top beer, white beer, black beer, ordinary beer, best beer, double beer, thin beer" 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm) long

Auction archive: Lot number 354
Auction:
Datum:
8 Jun 2001
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
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