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Inscribed cone from the platform of the ziggurat at Ur, recording the construction of a temple for the moon god, by Nur-Adad, king of Larsa.
Length: 0.12 m
Width: 0.0125 m
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1948) by Reckitt, A. L.
Circa -1865 - -1850
Accession number: ANE.4.1948
Primary reference Number: 87537
Oldadmincategory: O
Oldobjectnumber: WAE.4.1948
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Inscribed cone" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/87537 Accessed: 2024-11-04 18:22:16
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University of Cambridge}}
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