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Cone with cuneiform
Made By
Mesopotamian
Creation placeGirsu (present-day Tello, Iraq)
Date2200-2100 BC
PeriodLagash II
Mediumclay
DimensionsOverall: 5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm)
Base: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
Base: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
Classification(s)
- ANCIENT
Credit LineGift of Professor Edgar J. Banks and Dr. John Henry Haynes, Class of 1876
Terms
- cuneiform
- cone
Object number20.1.32
Inscribedtranslated on cone in pencil from Sumerian: For Ningirsu, the mighty hero of Enlil, Gudea, the priest-prince of Lagash, has beautifully rebuilt the Eninnu temple of the white Imdugud bird, On its place he has restored it.; on base in pencil: IIa
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