Sumerian cuneiform envelope, Third Dynasty of Ur, c.2112-2004 BC
Dated to year 6 of King Shu-Sin. From Umma.
"60 laborers for 20 days, (for) washing(?) …; overseer: Ipae. Sealed by Kas. [month x], Year: "He erected a magnificent stele for (the gods) Enlil and Ninlil."
Seal impression reads "En-kas, scribe, son of Ur-Ishtaran"
Intact, one side exhibiting a darker, burnt surface.
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
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