A rare Sumerian Cuneiform Sealed Envelope with Internal Tablet, Gutian dynasty, ca. 2199 - 2119 BCE Price - Price on Request Probably from a cartonnage mask

Probably from a cartonnage mask

now missing

are delicately indicated

Provenance: Jack Bregman private collection

it is made in particular from lapis lazuli or dark-colored stone such as serpentine or basalt

A rare Sumerian Cuneiform Sealed Envelope with Internal Tablet, Gutian dynasty, ca. 2199 - 2119 BCE Price - Price on Request Probably from a cartonnage maskThis rare Mesopotamian clay envelope still contains its original tablet, making it an unusual discovery. In antiquity, these envelopes were broken open to access the inner document, and the fragments discarded. The tablet envelope pairs served a protective function whereby the text was inscribed in duplicate, once on the interior tablet and again on the envelope itself. The outer inscription could be referenced as needed, but in cases of dispute, the