Cleveland Museum of Art
"Foundation Nail" of Gudea
- Date
- c. 2100 BCE
- Medium
- copper alloy, lost-wax cast
- Culture
- Mesopotamia, Neo-Sumerian, Iraq, probably Lagash
- Department
- Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
The ruler Gudea placed one of these special nails in every temple he built in order to commemorate it.
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