About the Artwork
Cuneiform Cone of Sin-kashid, King of Uruk
ca. 1800 BCE
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Mesopotamian
Sumerian
Clay
Overall: 2 3/8 × 1 1/2 inches (6 × 3.8 cm)
Inscription
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Gift of Henry G. Stevens
19.24.30
Public Domain
Markings
Inscribed: [translated: Sin-ghashid | the mighty hero | King of Erech | King of Amnanum | Patron of | the Temple of Eanna | built the palace of royalty]
Provenance
Prof. Albert Clay, Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut, USA)
purchased by Henry Glover Stevens (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1919-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Sumerian, Mesopotamian; Babylonian, Mesopotamian, Cuneiform Cone of Sin-kashid, King of Uruk, ca. 1800 BCE, clay. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Henry G. Stevens, 19.24.30.
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