9. Sumerian cuneiform tablet envelope, Third Dynasty of Ur, c.2112-2004 BC
Terracotta
Dimensions: 4.4 x 3.8 x 2.1cm
11798 IVP
£ 5,000
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Administrative cuneiform accounting envelope with tablet inside, the envelope inscribed with eight lines, and with cylinder seal impression to both sides. Dated to year 46 of King Shulgi. From Girsu...
Administrative cuneiform accounting envelope with tablet inside, the envelope inscribed with eight lines, and with cylinder seal impression to both sides.
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
