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Mesopotamian art, late Uruk, 3100-2900 B.C.

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PICTOGRAPHIC CLAY TABLET Mesopotamian art, late Uruk, 3100-2900 B.C. Rectangular tablet with rounded edges, engraved on one side with an administrative text in proto-cuneiform pictographic characters. Size: 5.2 x 8.5 x 1.7 cm Provenance : Galerie Drees Archeo, Brussels Collection of Monsieur B., Paris, acquired before 2000

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PICTOGRAPHIC CLAY TABLET Mesopotamian art, late Uruk, 3100-2900 B.C. Rectangular tablet with rounded edges, engraved on one side with an administrative text in proto-cuneiform pictographic characters. Size: 5.2 x 8.5 x 1.7 cm Provenance : Galerie Drees Archeo, Brussels Collection of Monsieur B., Paris, acquired before 2000

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