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(inventory)Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
Artist/Maker	Unknown
Description	Fragment of an inscripted clay cone of Urukagina (or Uruinimgina), lugal (prince) of Lagash. Terracotta, c. 2350 BC, found in Telloh (was ancient Girsu). The inscription reads: "He [Uruinimgina] dug (…) the canal to the town-of-NINA. At its beginning, he built the Eninnu; at its ending, he built the Esiraran".
Dimensions	Unspecified
Credit line	Excavations of Gaston Cros, 1905
Accession number	AO 4598 a & AO 4598 b
Location	Department of Oriental Antiquities, Richelieu, ground floor, room 1a, case 4
Photographer/source	Jastrow (2007)

Français : Fragment d'un cône historique inscrit d'Urukagina ou Uruinimgina, prince de Lagash. Terre cuite, v. 2350 av. J.-C., trouvé à Tello (ancienne Girsu). « Il [Urukagina] creusa (…) le canal à la ville-de-NINA. À son point de départ il bâtit l'Eninnu ; à son point d'arrivée il bâtit l'Esiraran. »

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