File:Clay cone Lagash Umma Louvre AO12779.jpg

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Cone fragment-AO 12779  wikidata:Q62096469 reasonator:Q62096469
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Title
Cone fragment-AO 12779
label QS:Len-gb,"Cone fragment-AO 12779"
label QS:Len,"Cone fragment-AO 12779"
label QS:Lfr,"Fragment de cône historique-AO 12779"
Object type clay tablet / archaeological artifact Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Historical cone about the frontier conflict between Lagash and Umma. The inscription reads: "(…) may your city be destroyed—surrender! May Umma be destroyed—surrender!" Archaic Dynasties III.
Français : Fragment de cône historique relatif au conflit frontalier entre Lagash et Umma. L'inscription déclare : « (…) que ta cité sois détruite — rends-toi ! Qu'Umma soit détruite — rends-toi ! » Dynastique Archaïque III.
Date between 2600 and 2350 BC
date QS:P,-2500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,-2600-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,-2350-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Early Dynastic period (circa 29th century BC
date QS:P,-2850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1480,Q5727902
–circa 2350 BC
date QS:P,-2350-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
) Edit this at Wikidata
Medium terracotta
medium QS:P186,Q60424
Dimensions height: 11.2 cm (4.4 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 12.6 cm (4.9 in) Edit this at Wikidata; thickness: 2.1 cm (0.8 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+11.2U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+12.6U174728
dimensions QS:P2610,+2.1U174728
institution QS:P195,Q19675
Current location
Mésopotamie, room 1a: La Mésopotamie du Néolithique à l'époque des Dynasties archaïques de Sumer. Richelieu, ground floor.
This work is part of the collections of the Louvre (Department of Near Eastern Antiquities).
Accession number
AO 12779
Place of discovery Girsu Edit this at Wikidata
Object history
Credit line 1930: excavated by Henri de Genouillac. Place: Girsu.
References Musée du Louvre, Atlas database: entry 9728
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Source/Photographer Marie-Lan Nguyen (2007)
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