Cylinder

B16525

Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B16525
Current Location Middle East Galleries - On Display
Provenience Iraq | Ur
Archaeology Area UE VI: found below the pavement of the Dim-tab-ba temple
Period Ur III
Date Made ca. 2094-2047 BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Clay
Inscription Language Sumerian Language
Description

CBS Register: clay cylinder with a cartouche of Dungi.

UE VI: one of three clay cylinders, open at both ends, on each of which is the inscription of Dungi as SAKI. (ours is likely a, and b is IM.1259 and c BM 118729-30)

Height 31 cm
Outside Diameter 20.5 cm
Credit Line British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1926
Other Number U.6337 - Field No SF | P227109 - CDLI Number

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