Bowl
B14968
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Ur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B14968 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Iraq | Ur |
| Archaeology Area | TTB 19; found under the Kuri-Galzu floor of E-nun-mah |
| Period | Ur III |
| Date Made | 2100-2000 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Diorite |
| Technique | Inscribed |
| Inscription Language | Sumerian Language |
| Description | CBS Register: broken diorite bowl decorated with stars and crescents. Inlaid and 4 kneeling bulls-- Bull of Heaven inscription of [Dungi?] UE IV: Bowl, fragment of black steatite. The outside was surrounded by a row of reclining bulls carved in low relief but with heads projecting virtually in the round. One bull and the hind-quarters of a second remain. The body of the animal and the field are inlaid with trefoils, dots the sun and the moon in white shell; below are the ends of 6 lines of inscriptions which are undecipherable. Very fine work. |
| Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1923 |
| Other Number | U.239 - Field No SF | 400 - Cast Number | P461630 - CDLI Number |
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