A rare Sumerian Cuneiform Sealed Envelope with Internal Tablet, Gutian dynasty, ca. 2199 - 2119 BCE Price - Price on Request designed to integrate cleanly with

designed to integrate cleanly with the original setting so the piece can be worn comfortably today

are delicately indicated

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

The set square takes the form of two often unequal lengths of square rod which meet at a right angle

Carved from smooth white marble

A rare Sumerian Cuneiform Sealed Envelope with Internal Tablet, Gutian dynasty, ca. 2199 - 2119 BCE Price - Price on Request designed to integrate cleanly withThis 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