Description:

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Old Babylonian Period, reign of Uruk King Sin-kasid, ca. 1803 to 1770 BCE. A cone shaped clay tablet with incised cuneiform around its body. The top of the tablet has a flat "nail head" below which the body tapers to a rounded point. Made of creamy white clay with hints of red, the inscription is deep, dense, and largely clear. Clay nails like this are also referred to as dedication pegs or foundation pegs; they were inscribed, baked, and stuck into walls made of mud-brick to mark ownership either by a god or a ruler. This particular example appears to be dedicated to the king of Uruk, Sin-kasid. Size: 1.5" W x 2.5" H (3.8 cm x 6.4 cm)

Provenance: private Ventura County, California, USA collection, translation done by Robert Englund at UCLA

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  • Condition: Nice preservation of form, with some wear to the cuneiform that makes it not possible to completely translate it.

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