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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    FOOD AND DRINK: THROUGCL 7a.) ers -[Asout 2400 B.C. | BEER FOR THE H1GH-PRIEsT. [2] BABYLONIAN TABLET of baked clay, inscribed in Cuneiform Characters, with a note of 2 jars of must and 20 of beer, marked “ high-priest.” The tablet measures 3.2 x 3.5 cms. Preserved in morocco lettered case. About 2400 B.C. £21 (SEE ILLUSTRATION BELOW.)
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