Votive cone with cuneiform inscription of Gudea: dedicated when Gudea built the Eninnu temple for the god Ningirsu
Object type: Cuneiform cone
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Neo-Sumerian
Period: Neo-Sumerian
Date: ca. 2090 BCE
Medium: Clay
Dimensions: Head: 6 cm (2 3/8 in.)
Top: 15.4 cm (6 1/8 in.)
End: 5 cm (2 in.)
12.3 cm (4 7/8 in.)
Total: 13 cm (5 1/8 in.)
Classification: Clay-Tablets-Inscribed
Geography:      Mesopotamia Girsu (modern Tello)
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. E. Parmalee Prentice, 1945
Accession year: 1945