Clay_cone_Urukagina_Louvre_AO4598ab.jpg
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Summary
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| Artist |
Unknown artist
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| Title |
Cone Fragment-AO 4598 a-AO 4598 b
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| Object type |
clay tablet
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archaeological artifact
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| Description |
English:
Fragment of an inscripted clay cone of Urukagina (or Uruinimgina),
lugal
(prince) of
Lagash
. The inscription reads: "He [Uruinimgina] dug (…) the canal to the town-of-NINA. At its beginning, he built the Eninnu-(
E-ninnu
or Temple-Ninnu); at its ending, he built the Esiraran".
Français :
Fragment d'un cône historique inscrit d'Urukagina ou Uruinimgina, prince de Lagash. « Il [Urukagina] creusa (…) le canal à la ville-de-NINA. À son point de départ il bâtit l'Eninnu ; à son point d'arrivée il bâtit l'Esiraran. »
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| Date | circa 2350 BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | terracotta | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions |
height: 9 cm (3.5 in)
; width: 11.5 cm (4.5 in)
; thickness: 1.5 cm (0.5 in)
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| Collection |
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| Current location |
Mésopotamie,
room 1a: La Mésopotamie du Néolithique à l'époque des Dynasties archaïques de Sumer
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Richelieu, ground floor.
This work is part of the collections of the Louvre (Department of Near Eastern Antiquities). |
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| Place of discovery |
Girsu
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| Object history |
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| Credit line |
1905: excavated by Gaston Cros. Place:
Girsu
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| References |
Louvre Museum ARK ID
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010165421
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| Source/Photographer | Marie-Lan Nguyen (2007) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Permission
( Reusing this file ) |
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| Annotations | This image is annotated: View the annotations at Commons |
