Statuette
Foundation Figure
Object Number: | B16218 |
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Current Location: | Collections Storage |
Provenience: | Iraq Ur |
Period: | Sulgi Third Dynasty of Ur |
Section: | Babylonian |
Materials: | Copper (uncertain) Bronze (uncertain) Copper Alloy |
Iconography: | Human Basket |
Height: | 26 cm |
Width: | 8.75 cm |
Depth: | 14.75 cm |
Credit Line: | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1926 |
Other Number: | U.6968a - Field No SF 0435 - Cast Number |
Description
Foundation Figure
CBS Register: copper figure of the basket carrer. inscribed from below corner of palace (?) built by ur Nammu and Shulgi.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Tokens to Tablets: Glimpses into 6000 Years of the History of the Ancient Near East (14 Nov 1987 - Aug 2006) | 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. | View Objects related to this reference |
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