dedicatory cone

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Object Type
Museum number: 80142
Description: Fired clay dedicatory cone; Sumerian cuneiform inscription; Old Babylonian period; fragment only.
Authority
Cultures/periods
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Tell ed-Der (?)
Materials
Dimensions: Diameter: 4.375 inches (head in broadest point); Diameter: 3 inches (of lower end); Length: 7.125 inches
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Leichty E et al 1988a / Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum, volume VIII: Tablets from Sippar 3 (p.215); Frayne, RIME 4 / Old Babylonian Period (2003-1595 BC) (RIM.E.4.3.6.2.3-4 S)
Location: Not on display
Condition: Incomplete; fragment only.
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1889
Department: Middle East
BM/Big number: 80142
Registration number: 1889,1014.666

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