Votive cone with cuneiform inscription of Gudea: dedicated when Gudea built the Eninnu temple for the god Ningirsu

c. 2090 BC · Sumer

Votive cone with cuneiform inscription of Gudea: dedicated when Gudea built the Eninnu temple for the god Ningirsu, from Sumer, dated c. 2090 BC. It was found at Girsu (Tello). Today it is kept at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Date

c. 2090 BC

Civilization

Sumer

Found at

Girsu (Tello)

Where it is today

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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