MESOPOTAMIAN CLAY FOUNDATION CONE. Ca. 2400 - 1800 BC. A clay foundation cone with a tapering body and a rounded base. The surface is inscribed with vertical columns of cuneiform script, arranged in evenly spaced registers. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 45.90. Size: 130mm x 55mm; Weight: 230g Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the UK art market, Parthenon gallery, 1998.