Wall Cone

Foundation Cone

CBS16231

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Babylonian

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Object Number CBS16231
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Ur
Archaeology Area from "lower surface soil of EH"
Period Ur III
Date Made 2100-2000 BCE
Section Babylonian
Materials Terracotta
Technique Inscribed
Inscription Language Sumerian Language
Description

inscribed

CBS Register: stem of a clay foundation cone of Ur-Nammu. Digging of the "canal of Ur." (CDLI Composite: Q000945).

Length 13.2 cm
Outside Diameter 5.6 cm
Credit Line British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1926
Other Number U.6019 - Field No SF | P227100 - CDLI Number | B16231 - Old Museum Number | CBS 16231 - Other Number

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