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)
7776B (none) (none) B17226 Clay cone Sumuilum Fragment Inscription nearly complete = variants of U.7772 (U.2634, etc.) (in last 3 lines) Another fragment of this type. With text on head complete. And a fragment of stem which may belong with preceding. HC 22
7776C (none) (none) (none) Clay cone. Sumuilum. Fragment. Inscription nearly complete = variants of U.7772 (U.2634, etc.) (in last 3 lines) Another fragment of this type. With text on head complete. And a fragment of stem which may belong with preceding. HC.22.
7777A (none) 1928,1009.7 (none) [A] Clay cone. Sumuilum. cf. U.6955 (many variants) [B] Another fragment with same text. HC.23.
7777B (none) 1928,1009.8 (none) [A] Clay cone. Sumuilum. cf. U.6955 (many variants) [B] Another (fragment) with same text. HC.23.
7778 (none) (none) (none) Clay cone (fragm). Ur Nammu; part dupl. of text on U.7746 [Struck out: "Not identified. concerning a canal: id Kin du... id he-me-a-..."] HC 75
7779 (none) (none) (none) Clay cone (fragm). Not identified (=U.7713). CANCELLED.
778 (none) (none) (none) Clay cone, large, in many fragments. Inscription of Arad-Sin. Placed in separate box labled U.778.
7781 (none) (none) (none) Clay cone (fragm) Dedication to [^dNin]-ezen+la (cf. found. tablet of Kurigalzu). a reference to E Kis-ser-gal cf. also Lipit-Ishtar cone, U.7702 HC.28
779 (none) 1923,1110.9 (none) Clay Cone, base of larger. Inscription of Arad-Sin. Recording the king's building of a temple to the war-god Ilbaba, in gratitude for victory over his enemies.
7797 (none) (none) (none) Clay cone (frag) (1st col.) Lipit Ishtar/, U.7702 with the variant noted SAK 204 Anm.i or U.7845
7798 (none) 1928,1009.5 (none) Clay cone Large fragment =Siniddinam V 2900 (variants) HC.28
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.
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.
7817 (none) (none) (none) Clay cone Kudurmabug = 2801 B
782 (none) (none) (none) Segment from large clay cone. Inscription of Rim-Sin on base and shaft. Practically illegible. Nothing but fragments of titles preserved.
7829 (none) (none) (none) Clay cone. Warad-Sin = U.19 etc. (SAK 212 C). B.
783 (none) 1923,1110.13 (none) Fragment from shaft of large clay cone. Parts of 2 col inscription, of [Arad-Sin crossed out] Rim-Sin, dedication to Enlil (?) Inscr. contains substance of the date formula for 15th. year of Rim-Sin.
7845A (none) (none) (none) Cone. Fragments of two duplicate cones. 1st col. nearly duplicates U.7702 (Libit-Ishtar) but with the variant in l. 13 noted in SAK 204. Anm. i. 2nd col. is a new text. Part of another of same (col. 1 line 10 omits -na) cf. also U.7797. HC.49.
7845B (none) (none) (none) Cone. Fragments of two duplicate cones. 1st col. nearly duplicates U.7702 (Libit-Ishtar) but with the variant in l. 13 noted in SAK 204. Anm. i. 2nd col. is a new text. Part of another of same (col. 1 line 10 omits -na) cf. also U.7797. HC.49.
7845C (none) (none) (none) Cone. Fragments of two duplicate cones. 1st col. nearly duplicates U.7702 (Libit-Ishtar) but with the variant in l. 13 noted in SAK 204. Anm. i. 2nd col. is a new text. Part of another of same (col. 1 line 10 omits -na) cf. also U.7797. HC.49.
861 (none) (none) (none) Base of large clay cone. Two col. inscription, complete, of Kudor-Mabug, dup. of 188.
862 (none) (none) (none) Broken base and shaft of large clay cone. On shaft, beginnings of 25 lines. On base, first col nearly complete, 2nd col, 8 lines and parts of lines Kudur-Mabug, duplicate of U188.
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.
864 (none) (none) (none) Fragment from base of large clay cone. 1st column, last 8 lines; 2nd column, beginnings 6 lines. Kudur-Mabug, duplicate of U.188.
865 (none) (none) (none) Fragment from base of large clay cone. Beginning of 19 lines from middle of Column I, of Kudur-Mabug cone. Duplicate of U.188.