id:			155583
accession number:	1990.31
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1990.31
updated:		2025-06-13 12:04:39.854000

"Foundation Nail" of Gudea, c. 2100 BCE. Mesopotamia, Neo-Sumerian, Iraq, probably Lagash. 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 BCE
creation date earliest:		-2105
creation date latest:		-2095
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Mesopotamia, Neo-Sumerian, Iraq, probably Lagash
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
	<i>Notable Acquisitions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 15, 1991).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. 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." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 78, no. 3 (1991): 63-147.
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 66
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161319

	Quenet, Philippe. <em>Ana ziqquratim: sur la piste de Babel.</em> Strasbourg: Presses Universitaires de Strasbourg, 2016.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 188, fig. 6A
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