Wall Cone

2003-46-2

From: Iraq | Warka

Curatorial Section: Babylonian

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Object Number 2003-46-2
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Warka
Period Early Old Babylonian Period
Date Made 2000-1900 BCE
Section Babylonian
Materials Clay
Inscription Language Sumerian Language
Description

Clay cone with cuneiform inscription. Records the building of the Eanna Temple in Erech by Sinkashid, King of Erech [Uruk]. (C.1865BC). Royal/Monumental text. (CDLI Composite: Q002241). See CDLI for transliteration info.

Height 6 cm
Outside Diameter 3 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1993.x.461 - Old Museum Number | Mes.-4 - Other Number | P461854 - CDLI Number | UM 2003-46-002 - Other Number

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