7. Sumerian cuneiform tablet and envelope, Third Dynasty of Ur, c.2112-2004 BC
Terracotta
Dimensions: 4.9 x 4.3 x 3.5cm
11796 IVP
£ 5,000
Administrative cuneiform tablet within an envelope, hand moulded and inscribed in terracotta. The envelope has ten lines of cuneiform text, and a slight roll-off of a cylinder seal depicting the...
Administrative cuneiform tablet within an envelope, hand moulded and inscribed in terracotta. The envelope has ten lines of cuneiform text, and a slight roll-off of a cylinder seal
depicting the presentation of a bald man by a Lama goddess.
depicting the presentation of a bald man by a Lama goddess.
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 impresison of 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
