Foundation nail

3D Model

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► DESCRIPTION:

Foundation nail with cuneiform inscription. Clay. Mesopotamian culture. Original provenance unknown. Around 3000 BC-2000 BC. José Fernandez López collection. Museum of Pontevedra.

Measurements: 202x88 mm.

Check the original datasheet here.

Used by Sumerians and other Mesopotamian cultures beginning in the third millennium BC, clay nails, also referred to as dedication or foundation pegs, cones, or nails, were cone-shaped nails made of clay, inscribed with cuneiform, baked, and stuck into the mud-brick walls to serve as evidence that the temple or building was the divine property of the god to whom it was dedicated.