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Ur-Namu Stele

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Object Number:B16676.14
Current Location: Middle East Galleries
Currently On Display
Provenience: Iraq
Ur
Section:Near Eastern
Materials:Stone
Iconography:King
God
Height: 97 cm
Width: 72.5 cm
Depth: 15 cm
Credit Line:British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1926
Other Number:#38-Leg and Skirt;#67,48,49,50,51-Robe Frags.;#46-Worn Hand;#64-Chariot Front;#65-"plow";#37-Legs and Hoof. - Old Catalog Number

Description

King before God, etc.

CBS Register: U.2761a-f, 6409, 6587, 3264, 3265, 3266, 3268, 3329, 330a-d, 3215. Stela of Ur-Nammu

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Middle East Galleries (21 Apr 2018) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Book] Woolley, Charles L. Ur Excavations: The building of the Third Dynasty.. Published for the Trustees of the Two Museums by the Oxford University Press. Vol. VI. Actual CitationView Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Catalogue, Exhibition] Aruz, Joan. 2003. Art of the First Cities: The Third Millenium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus.. New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 444View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Catalogue] Canby, Jeanny V. 2001. The "Ur-Nammu" Stela Vol.: University Museum Monograph 110.. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 33:8b-d, 31-33View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Legrain, Leon. 1927. "The Stela of the Flying Angels". The Museum Journal. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 18. no. 1. pg. 74-98 : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 84, 85View Objects related to this

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