Translated Babylonian Clay Cuneiform Foundation Cone

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, reign of Gudea of Lagash, ca. 2144 to 2124 BCE. A fine hand-built foundation cone with roughly three-quarters of its conical body wrapped in cuneiform text. The body ta

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, city of Lagash, Neo-Sumerian period, reign of Gudea of Lagash, ca. 2120 to 2090 BCE. A finely preserved, hand-built clay foundation cone exhibiting a tapered, co

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, city of Lagash, Neo-Sumerian period, reign of Gudea of Lagash, ca. 2144 to 2124 BCE. A nice pair of hand-built clay foundation cones with tapering conical bodies

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, city of Lagash, Neo-Sumerian Period, reign of Gudea of Lagash, ca. 2144 to 2124 BCE. A lovely pair of hand-built clay foundation cones of conical forms bearing t

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, reign of Gudea of Lagash, ca. 2144 to 2124 BCE. A fine pair of hand-built terracotta foundation cones with roughly-three-quarters of their conical bodies wrapped in ide

Ancient Near East, Sumer, reign of Gudea of Lagash, ca. 2010 BCE; reign of Ishme-Dagan of Isin, ca. 1953 BCE. A fine pair of clay foundation cones, each with a conical body, with one boasting a discoi

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, city of Lagash, Neo-Sumerian Period, reign of Gudea of Lagash, ca. 2144 to 2124 BCE. A pair of hand-built clay foundation cones with tapered bodies and discoid h

A Sumerian, 2190 - 2000 B.C., terracotta foundation cone (clay nail) with 2/3's of the body having cuneiform text. Dicoidal shaped head with wide body that tapers to a point. The dedication text has b

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Old Babylonian Period, ca. 2000 to 1600 BCE. A trio of cuneiform tablets, also known as biscuits, each partially translated. One is an account of fields in the town of

A SUMERIAN CUNEIFORM FOUNDATION CONE Near East, Sumer / 3rd – 2nd mill. B.C. /

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, city of Lagash, Neo-Sumerian period, reign of Gudea of Lagash, ca. 2120 to 2090 BCE. A nice example of a clay votive foundation cone bearing a tapered, conical b

A Mesopotamian cuneiform clay foundation brick inscribed for Nebuchadnezzar II Neo Babylonian, circa 604-562 B.C. The brick impressed with six complete and one partial line of cuneiform with the stan

Modeled in clay, incised with cuneiform, purportedly the clay nail of Gudea, Guvernor of Lagash, c. 2120 BCE. 6"L. Provenance: Purchased from Renee Kovacs in 2000. Condition: repaired crack to undersi

(4) terracotta items including foundation cone bearing untranslated cuneiform script on sides; rectangular tablet bearing untranslated cuneiform script on front and back; pottery shard having repeatin

Circa 2100 BC An ancient Sumerian foundation cone dating to the Second Dynasty of Lagash, Reign of Gudea, 2141 BC to 2122 BC. As is typical, this cone (or nail) shaped clay 'tablet' is incised with cu

Ca. 2141-2122 BC A fine Mesopotamian Neo-Sumerian clay foundation cone with roughly four-fifths of its conical body wrapped in lines of dense cuneiform text. The body tapers to a rounded point and has

Ca. 2000 BC An ancient Sumerian temple foundation cone of clay with a flat base on the broadside and a rounded tip on the opposite side. The body inscribed with vertical lines of cuneiform script. The

Ancient Near East, Old Babylon, reign of King Sin-Iddinam of Larsa, ca. 1849 to 1843 BCE. A gorgeous terracotta barrel cylinder of a biconical form with a planar base and a small perforation. The cyli

Ancient Near East, Babylon, Middle Babylonian Period, 14th year of the reign of King Kadashman-Turgu, ca. 1268 BCE. An enormous and incredibly-detailed administrative tablet, formed from pressing an s

Konischer Grundstein Sumerisch, Lagasch-Dynastie, Herrschaft von Gudea, Mesopotamien Mit Sockel / with base Terrakotta. L 17 cm. Provenienz: - Kanadische Privatsammlung, Montreal (erworben in Libanon,

Ancient Near East, Sumerian, ca. 2100 BCE. A beautiful terracotta foundation cone with roughly three-quarters of its conical body wrapped in dense cuneiform text. A narrow tip gradually widens to a th

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Babylon, Old Babylonian Period, ca. 1900 to 1700 BCE. A finely preserved clay tablet with 38 lines of cuneiform text inscribed onto both faces with a sharpened reed or

Ancient Near East, Old Babylon, ca. 18th century BCE. A hand-built cuneiform tablet letter from a man named Belsunu, rectangular in form and rounded along the peripheries. The obverse side of th lette

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Babylon, Old Babylonian period, ca. early 2nd millennium BCE. A petite, hand-built clay tablet of a rectangular form bearing 13 lines of inscr