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clay nail
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. Versions were also made of metal, including castings with figurative designs,〔Muscarella, Oscar White, ''Bronze and Iron: Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art'', pp. 303-312, 1988, Metropolitan Museum of Art, ISBN 0870995251, 9780870995255, (Google books )〕 such as the Hurrian foundation pegs (Syria, c. 2300 – c. 2159 BCE).
Additionally, uninscribed clay cones painted in different colors were used by Sumerians to create decorative mosaic patterns on walls and pillars of buildings, which also offered some protection against weathering.
The similar funerary cones of ancient Egypt used the cone base as the major writing surface.
==Foundation nail examples==
As some of the oldest 'documents' in history, the sponsor, responsible for the construction, or dedication of a work, some of the oldest histories, and/or intrigues are recorded. (Boasting sometimes led to historical inaccuracies, or mistatements of facts.)
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