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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 11615C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cone. Fragment. Ends of lines of col. 2 =RIU 295 (Libit-Isbar) with - bil-gi; -ib-bi in 1121 & 22 as in U. 10108. (PG) 2 more frags. of same text, found together & probably belong together, but do not join. Together they give most of the text, but not 11 21-22(PG) Another: badly preserved: (PD) nearly whole: but 21/22 only ki-bi (?)-?.../Sar-ib(?)... |
| 11615D | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cone. Fragment. Ends of lines of col. 2 =RIU 295 (Libit-Isbar) with - bil-gi; -ib-bi in 1121 & 22 as in U. 10108. (PG) 2 more frags. of same text, found together & probably belong together, but do not join. Together they give most of the text, but not 11 21-22(PG) Another: badly preserved: (PD) nearly whole: but 21/22 only ki-bi (?)-?.../Sar-ib(?)... |
| 11659 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cone. Fragment (inscript. 0065 bron. U) completes much of the second column of RIU 291(Ibi-sin) cf. U.11672. |
| 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. | |
| 11668 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gone. Nearly complete. Baghdad taken. =Ur Nammu. RILI 45 |
| 11672 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cone Fragment. (Ibi-Sin) completes part of RIU 291 & U.11659 HC 104 |
| 11673A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cone. Fragment (Ur-Nammu) Text. = RIU 284/5 and U.10101 correcting 1.15 (75mm x 125mm). Another fragment Text.150mm x 70mm |
| 11673B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cone. Fragment (Ur-Nammu) Text. = RIU 284/5 and U.10101 correcting 1.15 (75mm x 125mm). Another fragment Text.150mm x 70mm |
| 11674 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cone. Fragment. Completes (corrects) Text. RIU 309 line 7. |
| 11692 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cone. Fragment. Inscribed on head. Has beginning of 3 lines of a King of Larsa. |
| 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. |
| 1197 | (none) | 1924,0920.389 | (none) | 5 fragments (3 joined) of the base of a large clay cone, with traces of inscription of Kudur-Mabug, king of Larsa. Duplicate of U.212, U.217, U.325, U.333, etc. Joined piece. |
| 1200A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 Portions of large baked clay cone of Warad-Sin, king of Larsa, commemorating his building E-temen-ni-gur. (A) Consistent of the base, complete, and part of the shaft. (B) Is small piece from one side of top of shaft. Inscription duplicate of U.19 and U.700. R1 No 131 |
| 1200B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 Portions of large baked clay cone of Warad-Sin, king of Larsa, commemorating his building E-temen-ni-gur. (A) Consistent of the base, complete, and part of the shaft. (B) Is small piece from one side of top of shaft. Inscription duplicate of U.19 and U.700. R1 No 131 |
| 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. | |
| 12567 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Small fragment of archaic accounts. HC 331 |
| 12568 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cone. Fragment (nearly complete text). Sumuilum = R1U 115. Variant as U.7777. |
| 12569 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cone. Fragment. Nur-Aded. Beginning of two columns of which Col. 1 =R1U 112. Col. 2 =R1U 111 col 2. HC 117 |
| 12570 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cone. (Warad-Sin or Rim-Sin). Fragment. Part of 14 lines. Partly identical with R1U 130. (Perhaps identical inscription? But RIU 130, 10 is different in one sign; and present inscription is from first or incomplete column of stem (and corresponding part of R1U 130 is from a second column (of head?). HC 116 | |
| 1262 | (none) | 1924,0920.250 | (none) | Baked clay cone, the apex missing, but inscription intact. 14 lines in one column inscription of: Sin-balatsu-ikbi, governor of Ur, recording his restoration of E-temen-ni-gur, in honor of the god Sin. R1 No. 183 |
| 12769F | (none) | 1928,1010.725 | (none) | [A.1-.7] Fragments of colored pottery. Various pottery fragments - [B] a wheel, [C-D] 2 handles, [E] clay made of blade, [F] cone etc., and a [G] shell tubular bead 36mm long pierced longitudinally and also transversely at each end. |
| 12970 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cone. =RIU 127. Warad-Sin. Baghdad token. |
| 12971 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cone. 3 fragments = RIU 131. Warad-Sin. |
| 12972 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cone fragment. Larsa probably. Unidentified. HC 118. |
| 13001 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cone. =Ur Nammu. =RIU 42 with var. [variant?] as U.1634 |