Wall Cones

B2715.2

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

Object Number B2715.2
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Section Near Eastern
Materials Terracotta
Description

51 wall cones

CBS Register (for the entirety of B2715): 100 of mostly fragm. terracotta cones, found at NE Corner of ziggurat at foot of Asurbanapal's counstruction, evidentally fall from highest slope, where they were used in connection with shrine as building material.

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I,1889

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