Cuneiform cone

Museum number:
9-1781
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Accession number:
Acc.649
Description:
Clay cone, cuneiform inscription; about one-third missing. Diameter at base: 5 cm; height: 10 cm.
Donor:
Alfred Kohlberg
Collection place:
Sippar-Yahrurum (ancient city), Iraq
Culture or time period:
Old Babylonian (ca. 1900–1600 BC)
Collector:
Henry Ludwig Frederick Lutz
Collection date:
before 1930
Materials:
Clay
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Clay nails (information artifacts) and Cuneiform (script)
Function:
7.1 Writing and Records (including religious texts)
Accession date:
1930
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Cuneiform cone, accession number 9-1781, described as Clay cone, cuneiform inscription; about one-third missing. Diameter at base: 5 cm; height: 10 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Cuneiform cone, accession number 9-1781, described as Clay cone, cuneiform inscription; about one-third missing. Diameter at base: 5 cm; height: 10 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Cuneiform cone, accession number 9-1781, described as Clay cone, cuneiform inscription; about one-third missing. Diameter at base: 5 cm; height: 10 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cuneiform cone, accession number 9-1781, described as Clay cone, cuneiform inscription; about one-third missing. Diameter at base: 5 cm; height: 10 cm.
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