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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Cone-Shaped Commemorative Building Inscription
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Cone-Shaped Commemorative Building Inscription

Place CreatedUruk, Iraq, Asia
CultureSouthern Mesopotamian, Sumerian
PeriodEarly Bronze Age
Dateca. 2300 BCE
MediumClay
Credit LineGift of the Columbus Museum, Georgia
Dimensions5" (12.7 cm)
Object number2018.018.005
ProvenanceSaid to have been found in Al-Hillah, Iraq, 1915. Ex private collection, Columbus, Georgia, purchased from Edgar Banks (1886-1945), Eustis, Florida. On loan to The Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia, from ca. 1950s. Legally declared abandoned property and gifted to MCCM, 2018.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art