Accession No
1952.360 B
Description
Clay foundation cone with Sumerian cuneiform inscription. The inscription reads: 'For Ningirsu, the strong warrior of Enlil Gudea, Governor of Lagash, built the temple "Imgig is Brilliant" and built a hall of columns(?) of cedar wood as a place of judgement'.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Mesopotamia; ?Ur
Period
?Mesopotamian ?Assyrian 3rd Millenium BC 2200 BC
Source
Leicester Museum and Art Gallery [collector]; Hankiinson (Miss) [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1952.360 B; 28.1928 [Leicester Museum no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Clay
Local Term
Measurements
55mm x 126mm
Events
Context (Auction / Sale)
Donor: Given to Leicester Museum by Miss Hankinson.
Purchased from Leicester Museum and Art Gallery, April 1951
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn
Description (Physical description)
Clay foundation cone with Sumerian cuneiform inscription. The inscription reads: 'For Ningirsu, the strong warrior of Enlil Gudea, Governor of Lagash, built the temple "Imgig is Brilliant" and built a hall of columns(?) of cedar wood as a place of judgement'.
Event Date 3/8/1992
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (Amendments / updates)
The catalogue card spells the warrior's name as 'Kingirsu'. Dr Martin Worthington, Lecturer in Assyriology at the University of Cambridge, confirms that it should be 'Ningirsu' and this has been updated accordingly.
Event Date 28/2/2017
Author: Imogen Gunn
FM:274347
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