Votive cone with cuneiform inscription of Gudea
Object type: Cuneiform cone
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Neo-Sumerian
Period: Neo-Sumerian
Date: ca. 2090 BCE
Medium: Clay
Dimensions: Head: 2 1/8 in. (5.5 cm)
Top: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
End: 5 in. (12.7 cm)
Length: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm)
Total: 1 7/8 in. (4.9 cm)
Classification: Clay-Tablets-Inscribed
Geography:      Mesopotamia probably from Girsu (modern Tello)
Credit line: Purchase, 1886
Accession year: 1886