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Lot no. 243
Old Babylonian Terracotta Cuneiform Tablet, Dated to the Seventh Year of King Amar-Suen. 21st century B.C. Pillow-shaped tablet containing a record of administrative records for arrears owed by Lugal-Ishtaran from the Bala-Offerings, at the end of day 15, it is dated to the year seven of King Amar-Suen, one side with a seal impression showing a man fighting with a rampant lion, possibly depicting Gilgamesh, cuneiform text behind the beast; the other side with cuneiform text overlapped by a seal impression in two registers showing advancing offerants with their arms raised; supplied in an old box with typed collection label to the cover. 40 grams, 45 mm (1 3/4 in.). Found at Jokha, the ruin of the ancient city of Umma in Central Babylonia. Ex Edgar J. Banks (1866-1945). Purchased by Dr John Harvey Kellogg (1852-1943); by family descent to consignor. Edgar Banks was a diplomat and archaeologist upon whom the fictional character of Indiana Jones was based. Dr J.H. Kellogg was the founder of the Battle Creek Sanitarium and inventor of the Corn Flake.
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