id: 155583 accession number: 1990.31 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1990.31 updated: 2023-01-11 06:52:00.747000 "Foundation Nail" of Gudea, c. 2100 BC. Neo-Sumerian, Iraq, probably Lagash, c. 2100 BC. Copper alloy, lost-wax cast; overall: 17.5 x 4.5 x 7.3 cm (6 7/8 x 1 3/4 x 2 7/8 in.); with base: 20.9 x 6.3 x 9.1 cm (8 1/4 x 2 1/2 x 3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1990.31 title: "Foundation Nail" of Gudea title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 2100 BC creation date earliest: -2105 creation date latest: -2095 current location: 102A Ancient Near East creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Neo-Sumerian, Iraq, probably Lagash, c. 2100 BC technique: copper alloy, lost-wax cast department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art collection: Near Eastern Art type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 17.5 x 4.5 x 7.3 cm (6 7/8 x 1 3/4 x 2 7/8 in.); with base: 20.9 x 6.3 x 9.1 cm (8 1/4 x 2 1/2 x 3 9/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Notable Acquisitions opening date: 1991-06-07T04:00:00 Notable Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 15, 1991). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: The ruler Gudea placed one of these special nails in every temple he built in order to commemorate it. digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991. page number: Reproduced: p. 3 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n19 Kozloff, Ariellé P. "Notable Acquisitions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 78, no. 3 (1991): 63-147. page number: Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 66 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161319 Quenet, Philippe. Ana ziqquratim: sur la piste de Babel. Strasbourg: Presses Universitaires de Strasbourg, 2016. page number: Reproduced: p. 188, fig. 6A url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1990.31/1990.31_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1990.31/1990.31_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1990.31/1990.31_full.tif