id: 155583
accession number: 1990.31
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"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
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creation date: c. 2100 BC
creation date earliest: -2105
creation date latest: -2095
current location: 102A Ancient Near East
creditline: John L. Severance Fund
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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
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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.)
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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).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
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fun fact:
The ruler Gudea placed one of these special nails in every temple he built in order to commemorate it.
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RELATED WORKS
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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
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