TWO MESOPOTAMIAN CLAY DOCUMENTS Circa 2150 - 2050 B.C.

TWO MESOPOTAMIAN CLAY DOCUMENTS
Circa 2150 - 2050 B.C.
Including a clay cuneiform foundation cone, inscribed for King Gudea of Lagash and the temple of Eninnu, circa 2150 - 2100 B.C. in Sumerian script, 11.5cm long; and a clay cuneiform tablet which records 120 bunches of reeds, circa 2050 B.V., 3.5cm high, (2)
Provenance: English private collection acquired from Charles Ede Ltd., London, between 2000 - 2002; the cone Bonham's London, Antiquities, 12 July 2000, lot 217 (part); the tablet with Charles Ede Ltd., purchased in 1991 from Steve Rubinger, USA; both Bonham's, London, Antiquities, 30 September 2014, lot 293.