Skip to main content
Collections Menu

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)
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
On View
On view
Exhibitions
Teaching events
Antonia Foias, ANTH 214, f21
Antonia Foias, ANTH 214, f22
Antonia Foias, ANTH 214, f23
Tablet with cuneiform
Tablet with cuneiform
Mesopotamian
1900-1600 BC
Tablet with cuneiform
Tablet with cuneiform
Mesopotamian
no date
Cylinder with cuneiform
Cylinder with cuneiform
Mesopotamian
2200-2100 BC
Cylinder Fragment with cuneiform
Cylinder Fragment with cuneiform
Mesopotamian
2200-2100 BC