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dedicatory cone
Object Type
dedicatory cone
Museum number
116428
Description
End of shaft of a clay architectural cone with parts of two columns of inscription including remanants of twenty six and nineteen lines.
Authority
Ruler:
Rim-Sin I
Cultures/periods
Larsa Dynasty
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Sir Leonard Woolley
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Ur (historic - city)
Materials
fired clay
Dimensions
Diameter:
3.75 inches
(of base)
Height:
5 inches
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Gadd & Legrain, UET I / Royal Inscriptions
(144)
Frayne, RIME 4 / Old Babylonian Period (2003-1595 BC)
(RIM.E.4.2.14.9)
Location
Not on display
Condition
Incomplete.
Associated names
Named in inscription:
Enlil
(?)
Acquisition date
1922-1923
Acquisition notes
One of objects in share of Ur Expedition 1922-23.
Department
Middle East
BM/Big number
116428
Registration number
1923,1110.13
Additional IDs
Excavation/small finds number:
U.783
(excavation number)
Conservation
Treatment
: 24 Sep 2012