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Object Number:B17072B
Current Location: Middle East Galleries
Currently On Display
Provenience: Iraq
Ur
Archaeology Area: PG 800
Section:Near Eastern
Materials:Silver
Height: 18 cm
Outside Diameter:4.5 cm
Credit Line:British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1928
Other Number:U.10897 - Field No SF
U.10898 - Field No SF

Description

Small loss about 5cm from rim. Next to loss there is a large reconstructed area.

CBS Register: U.10897 - 8 (too many? 6? written around the field number). Four fluted tumblers. and two fluted tumblers. (+one with ibrig. CBS17082)

Registrar's Office Record card lists U.10898

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Ancient Mesopotamia: The Royal Tombs of Ur (1983 - 1998) View Objects in Exhibition
Iraq's Ancient Past: Rediscovering Ur's Royal Cemetery ( Oct 2009 - Jan 2017) View Objects in Exhibition
Middle East Galleries (21 Apr 2018) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Catalogue] Horne, Lee C., and Zettler, Richard L. 1998. Treasures from the Royal Tombs of Ur.. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 134View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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