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Three clay cones of Lipit-Ishtar, King of Isin, with an inscription recording the building of a shrine in the royal city of Isin (these cones were laid in rows in the foundations).
Length: 0.11 m
Method of acquisition: Given (1926) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Old Babylonian
Isin-Larsa
Circa
-1934
BCE
-
-1924
BCE
Accession number: ANE.39.1926
Primary reference Number: 145432
Stable URI
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://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/145432 Accessed: 2024-11-24 21:05:32
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