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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 918 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Small clay cone, base and side slightly damaged. Inscription of Ur-Engur recording his digging of a canal called ID-UN. Placed in IN/No. 4. |
| 919 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment from base of large clay cone. Beginnings of 18 lines of 1st column of Kudur-Mabug inscription, duplicate of U.188. |
| 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. |
| 983A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Small fragments of tablets from TTB 33. See U.982. Placed in Cigarette Tin. |
| 983B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of base of large clay cone, showing ends of 12 lines of 1st column and whole of second column, 24 lines or parts of lines. Either Arad-Sin or Rim-Sin. |
| 984B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of shaft of large cone. Parts of 21 lines. Unidentified. |
| 984A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Complete tablet, top edge broken. 3 + 3 lines. Dated. Reign of Bur-Sin(?) |
| 986 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of cone showing ends of 9 lines. Unidentified. |
| 1116 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cone. Inscribed. Ur-Engur's temenos wall text. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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. | |
| 1354 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment from base of inscribed clay cone of uncertain authorship: 2 or 3 signs alone remain. |
| 1355 | (none) | (none) | B15614, B15614 | Fragment from top of stem of large clay cone apparently of (Nur)-Adad, King of Ur and Larsa. Ends of 8 lines. P. |
| 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. | |
| 1515 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Large clay cone. Nearly complete, but surface damaged. Inscription of Warad-Sin, king of Larsa, duplicate of U.1200, etc. |
| 1516 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cone. Ur-Nammu, commemorating his construction of the canal of Ur. |
| 1517 | (none) | (none) | B15613 | Clay cone of Ur-Nammu. Inscription duplicate of U.1515. P. | |
| 1591B | (none) | (none) | B15615 | Card Missing |
| 1595 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Base of cone of Ur-Nammu, with remains of inscription fuplicate of U.872. |
| 1596 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of cone, duplicate of preceding. |
| 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. |
| 2565 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Arad-Sin clay nail. Fragment. Ends of lines of Column I. Column II: e-a-ni du(-u-de) to: e-emen (-ni-il) mu (-na-du) and the last three lines. Cp. [Cf?] U.2528 (H.C.) |