8. Sumerian cuneiform envelope, Third Dynasty of Ur, c.2112-2004 BC
Terracotta
Dimensions: 4.3 x 4.4 x 1.2cm
11797 IVP
Sold
Quadrangular administrative cuneiform envelope inscribed on one side and stamped with a cylinder seal scroll depicting a lama goddess before a seated bearded god. Behind the god are three columns...
Quadrangular administrative cuneiform envelope inscribed on one side and stamped with a cylinder seal scroll
depicting a lama goddess before a seated bearded god. Behind the god are three columns
of inscriptions mentioning the owner's name.
depicting a lama goddess before a seated bearded god. Behind the god are three columns
of inscriptions mentioning the owner's name.
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
