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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 11668 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gone. Nearly complete. Baghdad taken. =Ur Nammu. RILI 45 |
| 6957 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gudea- Clay cone. To dDumuzi abzu his [ ], Gudea patesi of Lagash, his house in Girsu has built. H.C. B. |
| 3105 | (none) | 1927,1003.20 | (none) | Gudean clay cone. Fragment. To Nina, the priestess lady, lady of In-dubba, his lady, Gudea, patesi of Lagash, has done the proper thing? Cf. SAKI p.142 Backstein H. |
| 863 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Half of shaft of large clay cone. Half-lines of Kurur-Mabug's cone inscription. Dup. of U188. See U866 for fragments of same cone. |
| 16542 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Hollow clay cone. Fragment. (Ibi-Sin) (Duplicate of 16541, q.v.) H.C. 30/VI, 2. |
| 18762 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Inscribed clay cone, fragment from base of. Onnly 3 lines partly preserved. |
| 18761 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Inscribed clay cone, fragment of base of, (Larsa type). |
| 18176 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Inscribed clay cone. Large cone of Larsa type, the head intact, the stem broken and a good deal of the text missing. |
| 18177 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Inscribed clay cone. The stem broken off and nearly all its text missing. The head complete except for chips, the text in poor condition. |
| 18175 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Inscribed cone. Fragment of. From a large cone of the Larsa type: only part of one side of the stem found. |
| 702 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Large clay cone, base and shaft badly damageD. of base, parts of 2 column inscription. Shaft, beginnings of lines of 1st column Rim-Sin. |
| 700 | (none) | 1935,1110.629 | (none) | Large clay cone, nearly complete. Base 2 column inscription, top right corner damaged 25 + 25 lines. Repeated on shaft, complete. Arad-Sin. Duplicate of U.19 |
| 781 | (none) | 1923,1110.10 | (none) | Large clay cone, shaft broken. Inscription of [three words crossed out] Rim-Sin. Dedicated to Nannar. Commemorating the king's building of edifice [written above crossed out word 'temple'] called E-ginabtum (some sort of storehouse, cf. P.A.XV. P.18.n10) to the god, and containing laudatory epithets applied to the moon. |
| 705 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Large clay cone. Fragment of shaft. Parts of 2 column inscription, probably Rim Sin. |
| 780 | (none) | 1923,1110.7 | (none) | Large clay cone. Inscription of Rim [written above; Arab is scratched out] -Sin, dedication to Tammus. Recording the king's building of a temple called Ka'-li-sud for Tammuz, the rustic god, and praying that he may prosper and increase the flocks and herds. |
| 1515 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Large clay cone. Nearly complete, but surface damaged. Inscription of Warad-Sin, king of Larsa, duplicate of U.1200, etc. |
| 642 | (none) | 1923,1110.6 | (none) | Large clay cone. On base 2 col inscription, damaged top right and bottom right corners, 17+19 lines. On shafts, parts of 2 column inscription. Inscription of R-Sin of Larsa. |
| 641 | (none) | 1923,1110.5 | (none) | Large clay cone. On base 2 column inscription, slightly damaged left top+bottom corners. 25 + 24 lines. On shaft: beginnings of 25 lines. Inscription of Arad-Sin. Recording his building of a temple to the goddess Onanna, called E-dilmun[na, on behalf of his own life. Inscription duplicate of [underlined]Clay.Miscell.Inscription no. 31. 113914 (Hall's coll.) is fragment of another duplicate. |
| 640 | (none) | 1923,1110.8 | (none) | 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. |
| 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. |
| 1166 | (none) | (none) | B15616 | Portion from the shaft of a large clay cone, with inscription of Warad-Sin, king of Larsa, duplicate of U.641, etc. joined from 4 small fragments. P. | |
| 1192 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Portion of a shaft of a clay cone, with second column (13 lines) of an inscription of Lipit-Ishtar, king of Isin. Duplicate of U.4, and SAKI, p.204. 3 and clay, Miscellaneous Inscription no. 27. P. |
| 920 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Portion of base of large clay cone. Inscription of Kudur-Mabug, duplicate of U.919. Portions of first 4 lines of 1st column and just 15 lines, 2nd column. |
| 1454 | (none) | (none) | B15619, B15619 | Portion of the base of large clay cone, with inscription in 2 columns. Mostly illegible and authorship uncertain: possibly contains a dedication to Nergal. P. | |
| 1206 | (none) | (none) | B15612, B15612 | Pot sherd, upon the outside of which promiscuous cuneiform signs have been inscribed in an archaic hand, presumably as practice. P. |