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Clay Foundation Cone: Old Babylonian Period Cuneiform Inscription

Small clay cone with cuneiform inscription written in Sumerian. A foundation deposit of Sin-kashid, an Amorite (a west Semitic speaking tribe) ruler of Uruk during the Old Babylonian period (2000-1600 B.C.E.), commemorating the building of his palace. Little is known about Sin-kashid, outside of his numerous building inscriptions. Almost all make reference to his construction work on the Eanna ("The Temple of Heaven"), as in the example here. Text reads: {d}Suen-ka3-ši-id / nita kala-ga / lugal unu-ki-ga / lugal Am-na-nu-um / u2-a e2-an-n[a] / ud e2-an-na / mu-du3-a / e2-gal / nam-lugal-la-ka-ni / mu-du3 Sin-kashid, mighty man, ruler of Uruk, king of the Amnanum, provider for the Eanna-temple, when he built the Eanna, he built his royal palace.

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics Mrs. W. Stewart Hamaker Portland Maine; gift to Fogg Art Museum 1963. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Mrs. W. Stewart Hamaker

2000-1500 BCE 2nd millennium BCE Old Babylonian/Isin-Larsa period -2000 -1500

Babylonian

Title: Clay Foundation Cone: Old Babylonian Period Cuneiform Inscription

Description:

Small clay cone with cuneiform inscription written in Sumerian.

A foundation deposit of Sin-kashid, an Amorite (a west Semitic speaking tribe) ruler of Uruk during the Old Babylonian period (2000-1600 B.

), commemorating the building of his palace.

Little is known about Sin-kashid, outside of his numerous building inscriptions.

Almost all make reference to his construction work on the Eanna ("The Temple of Heaven"), as in the example here.

Text reads: {d}Suen-ka3-ši-id / nita kala-ga / lugal unu-ki-ga / lugal Am-na-nu-um / u2-a e2-an-n[a] / ud e2-an-na / mu-du3-a / e2-gal / nam-lugal-la-ka-ni / mu-du3 Sin-kashid, mighty man, ruler of Uruk, king of the Amnanum, provider for the Eanna-temple, when he built the Eanna, he built his royal palace.

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