File:Clay_cone_Urukagina_Louvre_AO4598ab.jpg
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Title |
Cone Fragment-AO 4598 a-AO 4598 b label QS:Len-gb,"Cone Fragment-AO 4598 a-AO 4598 b"
label QS:Len,"Cone Fragment-AO 4598 a-AO 4598 b"
label QS:Lfr,"Fragment d'un cône-AO 4598 a-AO 4598 b" |
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Object type | clay tablet / archaeological artifact | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English: Fragment of an inscripted clay cone of Urukagina (or Uruinimgina), lugal (prince) of Lagash. The inscription reads: "He [Uruinimgina] dug (…) the canal to the town-of-NINA. At its beginning, he built the Eninnu-(E-ninnu or Temple-Ninnu); at its ending, he built the Esiraran".
Français : Fragment d'un cône historique inscrit d'Urukagina ou Uruinimgina, prince de Lagash. « Il [Urukagina] creusa (…) le canal à la ville-de-NINA. À son point de départ il bâtit l'Eninnu ; à son point d'arrivée il bâtit l'Esiraran. » |
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Date |
circa 2350 BC date QS:P571,-2350-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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Medium |
terracotta medium QS:P186,Q60424 |
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Dimensions |
height: 9 cm (3.5 in) ; width: 11.5 cm (4.5 in) ; thickness: 1.5 cm (0.5 in) dimensions QS:P2048,+9U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,+11.5U174728 dimensions QS:P2610,+1.5U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q19675 |
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Current location |
Mésopotamie, room 1a: La Mésopotamie du Néolithique à l'époque des Dynasties archaïques de Sumer. Richelieu, ground floor. This work is part of the collections of the Louvre (Department of Near Eastern Antiquities). |
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Place of discovery | Girsu | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Object history |
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Credit line |
1905: excavated by Gaston Cros. Place: Girsu. |
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References | Louvre Museum ARK ID: 010165421 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer | Marie-Lan Nguyen (2007) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Clay cone of a Sumerian king, showing the cuniform writing and alphabet that had evolved from earlier pictographs.
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20:14, 9 November 2005 | 1,180 × 975 (841 KB) | Jastrow | '''Description:''' Fragment of an inscripted clay cone of Urukagina (or Uruinimgina), ''lugal'' (prince) of Lagash. Terracotta, c. 2350 BC, found in Telloh (was ancient Girsu). The inscription reads: "He [Uruinimgina] dug ... the canal to the town-of-NINA |
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