The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of March 28, 2024
"Foundation Nail" of Gudea
c. 2100 BCE
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.)
John L. Severance Fund 1990.31
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
The ruler Gudea placed one of these special nails in every temple he built in order to commemorate it.- The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991. Reproduced: p. 3 archive.orgKozloff, Ariellé P. "Notable Acquisitions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 78, no. 3 (1991): 63-147. Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 66 www.jstor.orgQuenet, Philippe. Ana ziqquratim: sur la piste de Babel. Strasbourg: Presses Universitaires de Strasbourg, 2016. Reproduced: p. 188, fig. 6A
- Notable Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 15, 1991).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1990.31