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Wall Flower

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Object Number:B15888
Current Location: Middle East Galleries
Currently On Display
Provenience: Iraq
Al 'Ubaid
Section:Near Eastern
Materials:Terracotta
Stone
Bitumen
Iconography:Flower
Height: 33 cm
Length: 15 cm
Width: 13 cm
Credit Line:British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Al'Ubaid, Iraq, 1924
Other Number:TO.259A - Field No SF
P269947 - CDLI Number

Description

CBS Register: artifical flower in clay and stone petals inlaid in bitumen

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

Bibliography:

[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: 86View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Woolley, Charles L. 1924. "The Expedition to Ur". The Museum Journal. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 15. no. 1. pg. 4-27 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 23View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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