707http://www165.123.244.137/subject/707/Object TypeConesMuseumBritish MuseumSeason Number01: 1922-1923TechniqueInscribedCulture/PeriodUr IIIObject TypePeg, Nail or Cone (inscribed)Text GenreRoyal/MonumentalMaterialUnfiredMaterialFiredU Number640Description (Modern)Cone, inscribed Description (Catalog Card)Large clay cone. On base, 2 column inscription, 2nd column nearly all broken away. 1st col. 14 lines. On shaft, single column 28 lines. Inscription of Rim-Sin of Larsa. Recording his building of a temple? Called E-erim-kud-kud, for his own life and for that of his father Kudur-Mabug. The temple was dedicated to the war-god Nergal, to whom the king prays for success in battle.Woolley's descriptionDescription (Modern)Object is not sealed.Find Context (Catalog Card)Well no.1Material (Catalog Card)ClayMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (BM Big Number)116423Museum Number (BM Registration Number)1923,1110.8Museum Number (BM Big Number)116423Tablet ID NumberP431792Measurement (Catalog Card)Base diam. .125, Height .15 Measurement (Diameter)125Measurement (Height)125Barrett. 1976. Near East Section, Ur, Inscribed ObjectsMeasurement (Width)150Barrett. 1976. Near East Section, Ur, Inscribed ObjectsDates ReferencedRim-Sin