File:Sumerian - Lipit Ishtar Cone - Walters 481454 - View A.jpg

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Lipit Ishtar Cone   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Anonymous (Sumer)Unknown author
Title
Lipit Ishtar Cone
Description
English: This unglazed, inscribed clay cone is from the Ur III period. It features the name of Lipit Ishtar, king of Isin. The nail has no head and the sides are slightly curved.
Date between 1934 and 1924 BC
date QS:P571,-1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,-1934-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,-1924-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
(early Old Babylonian; Ur III)
Medium clay
medium QS:P186,Q42302
Dimensions height: 11.3 cm (4.4 in); width: 5.3 cm (2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,11.3U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,5.3U174728
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
48.1454
Place of creation Larsa (in present-day Iraq) (?)
Object history
  • Edgar J. Banks [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [claimed from Senkereh]
  • Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1921 [mode of acquisition unknown]
  • 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
Credit line Acquired by Henry Walters, 1921
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Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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