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Foundation nail with cuneiform inscription. Clay. Mesopotamian culture. Original provenance unknown. Around 3000 BC-2000 BC. José Fernandez López collection. [Museum of Pontevedra](https://sketchfab.com/museodepontevedra).
Measurements: 202x88 mm.
Check the original datasheet [here](https://skfb.ly/KIRO).
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.