Baked clay foundation cone with cuneiform writing, end of the 3rd millennium B.C.

Objects with cuneiform writing

Material:Clay/Ceramic |Type:Architectural elementsSculptures/Relief carving |Countries:Iraq

  • Period

    Pre-Islamic

  • Red List

    Emergency Red List – Iraq (2003)

Category

Objects with cuneiform writing
Cones and any other object with cuneiform writing (bricks, prisms, vases, sculpture, etc.). Most common are clay cones roughly 15 cm long with a flattened head (disk-shaped).
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