Sales catalogue 645: Maggs Bros

Date:
1937
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/172
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 645: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Foeedand Drink tiurough the Ages | Anour 2500 B.C..] [1] BABYLONIAN TABLET of baked clay, inscribed in Cuneiform Characters, with a long list of baskets, etc., containing fish, dates, and animals, also animal skins con- taining grain, etc. The tablet measures 10.4 x 8.8 cms. Preserved in morocco lettered case. Akkadian period, about 2500 B.C. £35 (SEE ILLUSTRATION BELOW.)
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