Sold2022Babylonian / Mesopotamian Style Artifact Assortment(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 repeatinSee Sold Price
Sold2018Translated Mesopotamian Clay Foundation ConeAncient 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 taSee Sold Price
Sold2022WESTERN ASIATIC TERRACOTTA FOUNDATION CONECa. 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 hasSee Sold Price
2020Sumerian Cuneiform Foundation ConeA 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 bSee Sold Price
Sold2023A Sumerian Cuneiform Foundation ConeKonischer Grundstein Sumerisch, Lagasch-Dynastie, Herrschaft von Gudea, Mesopotamien Mit Sockel / with base Terrakotta. L 17 cm. Provenienz: - Kanadische Privatsammlung, Montreal (erworben in Libanon,See Sold Price
Sold2018Sumerian Cuneiform Foundation Cone, ex-BonhamsAncient 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 thSee Sold Price
Sold2023A SUMERIAN CUNEIFORM FOUNDATION CONEA SUMERIAN CUNEIFORM FOUNDATION CONE Near East, Sumer / 3rd – 2nd mill. B.C. /See Sold Price
Sold2022A Mesopotamian cuneiform clay foundation brick inscribed for Nebuchadnezzar IIA 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 stanSee Sold Price
Sold2023SUMERIAN MESOPOTAMIAN CUNEIFORM STUDENT (FOUNDATION) TABLETCa. 2000-1600 BC. A round cuneiform tablet with four lines of cuneiform. These were used by students, who would typically write four lines, usually proverbs. On the opposite side would be the model teSee Sold Price
Sold2018Lot of 2 Translated Mesopotamian Clay Foundation ConesAncient 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 ideSee Sold Price
Sold2018Sumerian Foundation Cone w/ Cuneiform, ex-BonhamsAncient Near East, Sumeria, ca. 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. A fine example of a foundation cone with roughly three-quarters of its conical body wrapped in dense cuneiform text. The body tapers to a rouSee Sold Price
Sold2017Published Inscription, Egyptian Pottery Foundation ConeEgypt, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1391 to 1351 BCE. A red terracotta cone-shaped clay tablet made from fired Nile mud, of a form very commonly found in Thebes, with relief hieroglyphs that are traSee Sold Price
Sold2016Sumerian Terracotta Dedication Foundation Cone WithSumerian Terracotta Dedication Foundation Cone With Cuneiform Inscription, c. 2000 B.C.Incised with cuneiform inscription of the Sumerian period, 2100 B.C., the earliest inscription ever and the rootSee Sold Price
Sold2015Sumerian Foundation Cone / NailMesopotamia, probable Sumeria, ca. 1800-600 BCE. This is a foundation cone/nail with cuneiform writing around the top. Prior to fragmentation, it most likely would have had a flat or pointed base andSee Sold Price
Sold2022Sumerian Clay Nail or Foundation Cone of Gudea, Governor of LagashModeled 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 undersiSee Sold Price
Sold2018Sumerian Terracotta Foundation ConeAncient Near East, Sumeria, ca. 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. A fine example of a foundation cone with roughly three-quarters of its conical body wrapped in dense cuneiform text. The body tapers to a rouSee Sold Price
Sold2018Lot of 2 Translated Mesopotamian Cuneiform TabletsAncient Near East, Mesopotamia, Old Babylonian Period, ca. 2000 to 1600 BCE. A pair of ceramic "biscuits" or tablets inscribed with dense lines of cuneiform text. The larger of the two is translated (See Sold Price
Sold2022WESTERN ASIATIC TERRACOTTA FOUNDATION CONECa. 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. TheSee Sold Price
Sold2023Ancient Mesopotamian cuneiform Tablet circa 1900 BC.Ancient Mesopotamian cuneiform Tablet circa 1900 BC. Size 1 x 1 inch + case. Old Babylonian cuneiform tablet with Sumerian inscriptions. fragment. Provenance: Ex Private NYC Collection acquired in theSee Sold Price
Sold2015Lot of 3 foundation cones of Sin-kashid of UrukLot of 3 foundation cones of Sin-kashid of Uruk, c. 1865 - 1833 BC, each with an inscription dedicating his palace. The cones each bear the same inscription in Sumerian cuneiform which reads: Sin-kashSee Sold Price
Sold2022Mesopotamian Clay Cuneiform Tablet - 37 Lines of TextAncient Near East, southern Mesopotamia, Babylon, Old Babylonian period, ca. 1900 to 1600 BCE. A hand-built clay tablet with slightly convex faces and peripheries. The tablet contains an administrativSee Sold Price
Sold2018Lot of 2 Large Mesopotamian Clay Cuneiform TabletsAncient Near East, Southern Mesopotamia, Old Babylonian Period, ca. 1900 to 1600 BCE. A gathering of two large rectangular clay tablets with lightly rounded peripheries and slightly convex faces. EachSee Sold Price
Sold2022Mesopotamian Clay Cuneiform Tablets (4)Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Old Babylonian period, ca. 1900 to 1700 BCE. A lovely gathering of four hand-built clay tablets that contain several lines of one of the earliest forms of structured wrSee Sold Price
Sold2022Mesopotamian Clay Cuneiform Tablet - CattleAncient Near East, Mesopotamia, Babylon, Old Babylonian Period, ca. 1900 to 1700 BCE. A hand-built clay tablet of a rectangular form with a gently convex obverse face. The front of the tablet containsSee Sold Price
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