Cone of Sin-Kashid

1865-1833 BCE (Old Babylonian)

4 cm 7 cm

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The comparatively large cuneiform characters covering this votive cone refer to the building of a royal palace in Uruk (modern Warka) by Sin-Kashid, ruler of Uruk in the mid-19th century BCE. He also refers to himself as ruler of the Amnanum, an Amorite tribe that also had lin...

कलाकृति/वस्तु

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Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, Joseph Brummer, New York, 1941 [Brummer inv. no. N4999]; Walters Art Museum, 1941, by purchase.
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संस्कृति
Babylonian
माध्यम
baked clay, impressed

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