Sumerian cuneiform tablet envelope, Third Dynasty of Ur, c.2112-2004 BC
Further images
Dated to year 46 of King Shulgi. From Girsu
"46 kor 2 bushels of old barley, barley ration of the governor, regular offering of the wife of the governor from the village Eduruenna. (Received) from Bazi. Sealed by Ur-Lamma, son of Ur-mes.
Month 8. Year "after the year Urbilum was destroyed".
Seal impression reads: "Ur-Lamma, son of Ur-mes, …"
Cracks to one face and one side, some degradation to the other 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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