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B16686
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Ur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
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Object Number
B16686
Current Location
Middle East Galleries - On Display
Provenience
Iraq | Ur
Archaeology Area
PG 153
Period
Early Dynastic III
Date Made
2600-2450 BCE
Section
Near Eastern
Materials
Gold | Copper Alloy
Description
CBS Register: Ur V season. 1926-7. gold diadem. band with animal figures intaglio.
Length
32 cm
Width
2.8 cm
Depth
0.3 cm
Credit Line
British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1927
Other Number
U.8173 - Field No SF
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
Olsen, Sandra, and Cynthia Culbertson. A gift from the desert : the art, history, and culture of the Arabian horse . Lexington: Kentucky Horse Park, 2010. See: pg.96/ fig.4
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Zettler, Richard L., and Lee C. Horne. Treasures from the Royal Tombs of Ur . University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 1998. See: Pages 65-66/Figure 11
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Legrain, Leon. "Horseback Riding in Mesopotamia in the Third Millennium B.C. ." The University Museum Bulletin 11, no. 4. (1946): 27-33. See: p. 33, pl. IX
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Woolley, Charles L., and Leon Legrain. "The Expedition at Ur of the Chaldees ." The Museum Journal 18, no. 2. (1927): 121-158. See: p. 142-143
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Legrain, Leon. "The Sumerian Art Shop ." The Museum Journal XIX, no. 4. (1928): 378-402. See: p.380, fig 1
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