Axe

B17418

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B17418
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Ur
Archaeology Area TTE PG 16
Section Near Eastern
Materials Copper (uncertain) | Bronze (uncertain)
Description

CBS Register: copper axe, hemispheric. socket broken in two, fragment of wooden handle. reed wrapping.

sample found in Sam Nash's Metallurgy cabinets. Sample Number Ur 139 Description 2016: Pseudomorphs present.

Credit Line British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1927
Other Number U.7856 - Field No SF

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