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Sumerian Terracotta Foundation Cone From Lagash Sumerian Terracotta Foundation Cone From Lagash Sumerian Terracotta Foundation Cone From Lagash Sumerian Terracotta Foundation Cone From Lagash Sumerian Terracotta Foundation Cone From Lagash Sumerian Terracotta Foundation Cone From Lagash Sumerian Terracotta Foundation Cone From Lagash Sumerian Terracotta Foundation Cone From Lagash Sumerian Terracotta Foundation Cone From Lagash
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LOT 0247

Sumerian Terracotta Foundation Cone From Lagash

CIRCA 2100 B.C.

4 1/4 in. (192 grams, 11 cm).

Conical with a domed top, ten-line inscription of Gudea of Lagash, giving a record of the building of Eninnu, the temple of Ningirsu: 'For Ningirsu, might warrior of Enlil, Gudea, ruler of Lagash, produced everything appropriate and built for him Eninnu, this shining Imdugud bird, and restored it.'.

Provenance

From an important collection formed before 1988.
Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and 1990s.

Accompanied by a copy of a scholarly note by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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LOT 0247

Sumerian Terracotta Foundation Cone From Lagash

Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,120

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