Cuneiform cone

Museum number:
9-142
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.469
Description:
A clay cone, 2¼ inches high, with cuneiform inscription.
Donor:
Edgar J. Banks
Collection place:
Uruk (ancient city), Iraq
Verbatim coll. place:
Warka, Babylonia
Culture or time period:
Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1900 BC)
Collector:
Edgar J. Banks
Collection date:
unknown
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:
1914
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Comment:
it was thrust into mortar between bricks of temple wall.
Loans:
S1967-1968 #50: Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures (UC Berkeley)/Anne D. Kilmer (October 30, 1967–October 30, 1967)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Cuneiform cone, accession number 9-142, described as A clay cone, 2¼ inches high, with cuneiform inscription.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Cuneiform cone, accession number 9-142, described as A clay cone, 2¼ inches high, with cuneiform inscription.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Cuneiform cone, accession number 9-142, described as A clay cone, 2¼ inches high, with cuneiform inscription.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cuneiform cone, accession number 9-142, described as A clay cone, 2¼ inches high, with cuneiform inscription.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cuneiform cone, accession number 9-142, described as A clay cone, 2¼ inches high, with cuneiform inscription.
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