Cuneiform cone

Museum number:
9-1783
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Alternate number:
21198/zz001spg1g (UCLA CDLI ARK)
Accession number:
Acc.649
Description:
Inscribed head of cuneiform cone; diameter 10.5 cm; clay. Inscription on top of head: 1. ᵈsùd 2. nin-a-ni-ir 3. ᵈen-líl-ba-ni 4. lugal kal-ga 5. lugal ì-si-in-na.KI-ke₄ 6. é-dim-gal-an-na 7. é-ki-ág-gá-ni 8. mu-na-dù An inscription known from two cones (the other being IM 79940) that deals with Enlil-bāni's construction of the temple of the goddess Sud, tutelary diety of Šuruppak.
Donor:
Alfred Kohlberg
Collection place:
Mesopotamia
Verbatim coll. place:
Said to come from Khum nearr Fara
Culture or time period:
Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1900 BC)
Collector:
Henry Ludwig Frederick Lutz
Collection date:
before 1930
Materials:
Clay
Inscription:
surface a 1. {d}sud3 2. nin-a-ni-ir 3. {d}en-lil2-ba-ni 4. lugal kal-ga 5. lugal i3-si-in{ki}-na-ke4 6. e2-dim-gal-an-na 7. e2 ki-ag2-ga2-ni 8. mu-na-du3
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 2 titled Cuneiform cone, accession number 9-1783, described as Inscribed head of cuneiform cone; diameter 10.5 cm; clay. Inscription on top of head: 1. ᵈsùd 2. nin-a-ni-ir 3. ᵈen-líl-ba-ni 4. lugal kal-ga 5. lugal ì-si-in-na.KI-ke₄ 6. é-dim-gal-an-na 7. é-ki-ág-gá-ni 8. mu-na-dù An inscription known from two cones (the other being IM 79940) that deals with Enlil-bāni's construction of the temple of the goddess Sud, tutelary diety of Šuruppak.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cuneiform cone, accession number 9-1783, described as Inscribed head of cuneiform cone; diameter 10.5 cm; clay. Inscription on top of head: 1. ᵈsùd 2. nin-a-ni-ir 3. ᵈen-líl-ba-ni 4. lugal kal-ga 5. lugal ì-si-in-na.KI-ke₄ 6. é-dim-gal-an-na 7. é-ki-ág-gá-ni 8. mu-na-dù An inscription known from two cones (the other being IM 79940) that deals with Enlil-bāni's construction of the temple of the goddess Sud, tutelary diety of Šuruppak.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cuneiform cone, accession number 9-1783, described as Inscribed head of cuneiform cone; diameter 10.5 cm; clay. Inscription on top of head: 1. ᵈsùd 2. nin-a-ni-ir 3. ᵈen-líl-ba-ni 4. lugal kal-ga 5. lugal ì-si-in-na.KI-ke₄ 6. é-dim-gal-an-na 7. é-ki-ág-gá-ni 8. mu-na-dù An inscription known from two cones (the other being IM 79940) that deals with Enlil-bāni's construction of the temple of the goddess Sud, tutelary diety of Šuruppak.
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