Foundation cone of Ur-Bau
Place made:Lagash
Place made:Lagash
Dimensions:4 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (12 × 7 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Miss Emma Reed
Object number: 38.237.14
Inscribed: Inscribed in Sumerian:
For Ningirsu,
mighty warrior
of Enlil,
Ur-Bau,
ruler
of Lagash,
child born
of Nin-agala,
made things function as they should,
(and) his (temple) E-ninnu, the White Thunderbird,
he built for him
(and) restored.
[Trans. after García Recio 2021]
Provenance: Emma Reed (1874-1953), San Antonio, by gift to the Witte Museum, San Antonio, 1938; transferred to San Antonio Museum of Art, 1994