Sumerian cuneiform tablet and envelope, Third Dynasty of Ur, c.2112-2004 BC
Dated to year 46 of King Shulgi. From Girsu
"n (amount) of lilan-grain for harvesting, (by) the young oxen turners (received) from Lubimu. Seal of Ur-Nanshe in place of (the seal of) Ur-nigar. From the threshing floor of the field of Ninsirsu-azida-Nanshe.
Month X, Year Kimash was destroyed.
Seal impression on obverse: Ur-…, scribe, son of …"
Seal impression on reverse is illegible.
Intact some degradation to the surface of one side.
Provenance
Victor Emile Gabriel Chevallier (1889-1969) and his wife Marguerite Jeanne Verel (1887-1962), France
Mr. X, France; by descent from the above in 1969, thence by descent through two estates
Literature
Compare an example in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA, Object Number 1983.135.4a, b
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