Statuette
Foundation Figure
| Object Number: | CBS16218 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Iraq Ur |
| Period: | Ur III |
| Date Made: | 2100-2000 BCE |
| Early Date: | -2100 |
| Late Date: | -2000 |
| Section: | Babylonian |
| Materials: | Copper (uncertain) Bronze (uncertain) Copper Alloy |
| Iconography: | Human Basket |
| Inscription Language: | Sumerian Language |
| 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 P269954 - CDLI Number B16218 - Old Museum Number CBS 16218 - Other Number 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. Actual Citation | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] 1931. "Objects from Ur". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 2. no. 6. pg. 178-182 : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 181, pl. III | View Objects related to this |
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