A COMPLETE CLAY FOUNDATION CONE, bearing a Royal inscription of Sin-Kashid of Uruk, with 8 lines of Sumerian cuneiform text "Sin-Kashid the powerful male, king of Uruk, the King of Amnanum, provisioner of Eanna, built him the royal palace" -- 2½in. (6.3cm.) long, reign of Sin Kashid (1865-1804 B.C.) ; an Old Babylonian administrative clay tablet, with 8 + 3 lines of text concerning a delivery of dates from a particular plot of land, bearing a seal impression of the owner with additional inscription giving the seal owner's name "Addad", dated to Year 1 of the reign of Samsulluna, cracked, slight repairs with damage to the reverse -- 5.7 x 3.8 x 1.6cm.; and a smaller Old Babylonian tablet, a receipt, slightly cracked with encrustation -- 3.1 x 3 x 1.7, both early 2nd millennium B.C. (3)
A COMPLETE CLAY FOUNDATION CONE, bearing a Royal inscription of Sin-Kashid of Uruk, with 8 lines of Sumerian cuneiform text "Sin-Kashid the powerful male, king of Uruk, the King of Amnanum, provisioner of Eanna, built him the royal palace" -- 2½in. (6.3cm.) long, reign of Sin Kashid (1865-1804 B.C.) ; an Old Babylonian administrative clay tablet, with 8 + 3 lines of text concerning a delivery of dates from a particular plot of land, bearing a seal impression of the owner with additional inscription giving the seal owner's name "Addad", dated to Year 1 of the reign of Samsulluna, cracked, slight repairs with damage to the reverse -- 5.7 x 3.8 x 1.6cm.; and a smaller Old Babylonian tablet, a receipt, slightly cracked with encrustation -- 3.1 x 3 x 1.7, both early 2nd millennium B.C. (3)
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