Cones
This category includes objects used for decoration or to attach plaques to walls.
Wall cones, nails, or pegs are usually made of clay, but can be made of stone. Two main types exist, inscribed and not-inscribed. Inscribed cones bear dedicatory inscriptions from a ruler/govenor to a god or goddess describing achievements and building projects. Non-inscribed cones can be left plain or the ends may be painted. These painted cones were grouped together to form patterns on walls. The shapes of the cones vary based on time period and function.
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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 17117B | 31-43-195 | (none) | (none) | Wall-cones of white calcite. A. blunt point: a roughly incised line round the stem near the head. B. plain. C. Similar to (B), head broken. |
| 17117C | (none) | 1931,1010.189 | (none) | Wall-cones of white calcite. A. blunt point: a roughly incised line round the stem near the head. B. plain. C. Similar to (B), head broken. |
| 17225 | (none) | 1931,1010.8 | (none) | Clay cone (fragment). HC. 301. |
| 17226 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cone (fragment). (Libit-Ishtar; building of the e-gi(g)-pax). (Ur. Inscription 106). |
| 17227 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cone (fragment of base). (Warad-Sin; restoration of E-dilmunna) |
| 17228 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cone (fragment) Sumu-ilu; building of the E-udda. (Ur inscription 115). |
| 17229 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cone. (fragment) Libit-Ishtar; building of the E-gi(g)-par. (Ur inscription 106). |
| 17230 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cone. (fragment) Sumu-ili; building of the Eginabtum. (Ur Inscription 114) |
| 17231 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cone. (fragment). Warad-Sin; building of E-dilmunna. (Ur Inscription 127) |
| 17232 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cone. (fragment). Rim-Sin; building of E-erin-kukud. (Ur Inscription 141) |
| 17233 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cone (fragment). Sumu-ilu; building of the Eginabtum. (Ur inscription 114). |
| 17234 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cone (fragment) Warad(?)-Sin. HC. |
| 17252 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cone [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] |
| 17628 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Foundation Cone. Fragmentary. (Larsa type) 1/3 of stem and virtually all of base missing = UR RI#131 (Warad-Sin). |
| 17644 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cone. Inscribed. Lower part only: small both with no 'head' to the nail but flattened and like Ur-Engur type: but this later. |
| 17654A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Wall cones. Two [A-B] of Warad-Sin = complete. Cf. Ur inscription 131. (A) is intact (B) is broken, and a large flake has come away from the stem, so that about 1/3 of the inscription is missing: this happened before the cone was set in the wall. |
| 17654B | 32-40-429, 32-40-429 | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Wall cones. Two of Warad-Sin = complete. Cf. Ur inscription 131. (A) is intact = (B) is broken, and a large flake has come away from the stem, so that about 1/3 of the inscription is missing: this happened before the cone was set in the wall. | |
| 17821 | (none) | 1932,1008.3 | (none) | Clay foundation cone (fragment). Stem only, part of it splintered away. |
| 17822 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay foundation cone. Small headless type. Tip missing, text complete. |
| 17823 | (none) | 1932,1008.5 | (none) | Clay foundation cone. Fragment of stem. |
| 17844 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cone. Fragment of a large cone (Larsa type) |
| 17845 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cone. Fragment of a large cone (Larsa type) |
| 17848 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cone. Stem of, the base missing. =UR RI. #106 (Libit-Ishtar) |
| 17851 | (none) | 1932,1008.2 | (none) | Clay cone. Complete - straight type with no head. Of Libit-Ishtar. |
| 17864 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cone. Headdress type. The tip broken away and the ends of the lines of the inscription damaged. =UR RI#106 (Libit-Ishtar). |