Very interesting Old Babylonian Foundation Cuneiform Cone of choice quality - Spanish export license - Old Babylonian, c. 3000 B.C. MATERIAL: Clay DIMENSIONS: 6 cm height, 7,5 cm diameter. PROVENANCE: Private collection B. L. , Paris. Acquired in the 1980s. With Spanish Import license. CONDITION: Good, fragmentary. Cuneiform writing was one of the earliest forms of writing, developed in the ancient lands of Mesopotamia. Babylonian society was a complex social structure and had a need, as we do today, to record such things as temple acquisitions, land transactions, financial loans, as well as their epic stories and personal letters. They would write these documents and letters on a wet clay tablet, which was then dried. Notes: The seller guarantees that he acquired this piece according to all national and international laws related to the ownership of cultural property. Provenance statement seen by Catawiki. According to Spanish legislation, items sent outside the European Union are subject to export taxes and will be added to the invoice, at the buyer's expense.