Cones
This category includes objects used for decoration or to attach plaques to walls.
Wall cones, nails, or pegs are usually made of clay, but can be made of stone. Two main types exist, inscribed and not-inscribed. Inscribed cones bear dedicatory inscriptions from a ruler/govenor to a god or goddess describing achievements and building projects. Non-inscribed cones can be left plain or the ends may be painted. These painted cones were grouped together to form patterns on walls. The shapes of the cones vary based on time period and function.
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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 16001C | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-C] Clay cones. Half of base missing. Rim-Sin. Temple of Ningishzida. (Base inscribed differently from stem) [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] |
| 16003 | 31-43-247 | (none) | (none) | Clay cone. Ur-gigir. The building of E-ses-(e-)-gar(-ra), temple of ... HC.30/ I.1 UET 8/2 (Hand Copied by Legrain) [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] | |
| 16007 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay Cone. Fragmentary. Sumu-ilu (Duplicate of Ur inscription, No. 115) Foundation of (E-udda) [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] |
| 16012 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cone. Fragment. Libit-Ishtar (see Ur Inscription 106) Building of (E-gig-par). [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] |
| 16014 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cone. Fragmentary. Gudea. Building of the Ziggurat of lagash (SAKI 142, 7) [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] |
| 16015 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cone. Fragment (Warad-Sin. Building of E-Temennigur) (Duplicate of Ur Inscription 131) [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] |
| 16016 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cone. Fragment. (Warad-Sin. building of E-Temennigur) (see 16015) [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] |
| 16017 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cone. Fragmentary: base intact. Sumu-ilu. bulding of Eginabtum (Ur inscription 114) [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] |
| 16018 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cone. Fragment, base only. (Libit-Ishtar. Building of E-gig-par) [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] |
| 16027 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cone. Fragment (Kudur-Mabug) Restoration of Ga(-nun-makh). (Ur Inscription 123) [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] |
| 16028 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cone. Fragment. Warad-Sin buidling of (E-temennigur) (Ur Inscription 131) [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] |
| 16032 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cone. Fragment. (Enannatum son of) Ishme-Dagan. Buidling of (Ehilla) and (Egin) abtum. (Duplicateof SAKI, P.206 (b). (See Ur Inscription 114, note on 1.1) [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] |
| 16034 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cone. Fragment. Apparently the same inscirption as Ur Inscription 106 (Libit-Ishtar, building of E-gig-par), with variant in line 13 of col. I d.Inanna me-en. [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] |
| 16047 | (none) | 1931,1010.7 | (none) | Clay cone. Fragment. A few signs of the base left. Evidently an inscription of Nur-Ada. amking the revolt of Naid-Shamash at Ur, and his expulsion, for which see Ur Inscription III HC. 30/2, 1 [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] |
| 16055 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cone, Broken. Libit-Ishtar: building of E-gig-par. Ur Inscription 10 [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] |
| 161 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cone. Tip of. Inscribed. Ur Engur period. [Annotated] Inscription of Ur-Engur dedicating the E-temen-ni-il to Nannar. Duplicate of cone found by Taylor. See SAKI p. 188, H. Duplicate of U.201. [Annotated] Placed in 1N/No. |
| 1632 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Baked clay cone of Ur-Nammu, top broken away; text records building of a temple to Enlil, and digging of a canal called En-sig-nun. Cf. U.872, U.1595-U.1597 |
| 1633 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Part of base and stem of baked clay cone of Rim-Sin, king of Larsa, recording his building of a temple to the Moon-god. Duplicate, with small variants, of U.781. |
| 1634 | (none) | 1924,0920.247 | (none) | Baked clay cone(point broken) of Ur-Nammu, recording his digging of the canal called Nun, in honor of the Moon-god. Duplicate of U.918. |
| 1649 | (none) | 1924,0920.249 | (none) | Baked clay cone, (point broken) of Ur-Nammu, recording his building of a temple to Enlil and digging a canal called En-sig-nun. Duplicate of U.1632 etc. |
| 16536 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cone. Fragmentary. Sin-idinnam; building of Ebabbar. (Ur inscr 118) |
| 16537 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cone. Fragment of base. (Libit-Ishtar) building of (E-gig-par) (cf. Ur Inscription 106). |
| 16538 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cone. Fragment of apex. [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] |
| 16541 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cone. Ibi-Sin (cf. U.16542 and U.11659 and U.16583) H.C. 30/VI, 1. |
| 16542 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Hollow clay cone. Fragment. (Ibi-Sin) (Duplicate of 16541, q.v.) H.C. 30/VI, 2. |