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"Foundation Nail" of Gudea
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About this work
The ruler Gudea placed one of these special nails in every temple he built in order to commemorate it.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit line"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
