Mesopotamian, A Mesopotamian clay cuneiform foundation cone inscribed for King Sin-Kashid of Uruk, Sumerian, circa 1900 - 1700 BC

Mesopotamian

A Mesopotamian clay cuneiform foundation cone inscribed for King Sin-Kashid of Uruk, Sumerian, circa 1900 - 1700 BC

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Length: 7.7 cm

£ 3,800.00

Mesopotamian, A Mesopotamian clay cuneiform foundation cone inscribed for King Sin-Kashid of Uruk, Sumerian, circa 1900 - 1700 BC

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Inscribed in Sumerian cuneiform, with a dedication inscription of King Sin-Kashid of Uruk (circa 1865 - 1833 BC) for the Eanna temple.

Provenance

Collection of Alfred Russel Wallace OM FRS (1823–1913), the well-known British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist, biologist and illustrator; thence by descent. Accompanied by a letter from Sidney Smith, Keeper, The Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities, British Museum, dated 4 November 1944

Literature

Sîn-kāšid was the king of the Southern Babylonian city of Uruk during the 19th century BC (his precise dating is debated). His building works including an enormous palace called the Ekituššaḫula, (House – Abode of Rejoicing) and the rebuilding of the temple called Eanna, (House of Heaven) are recorded on numerous bricks, tablets and cones such as this example which were imbedded in its walls.

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