Pouring Vessel
B17087
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Ur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
Object Number | B17087 |
Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
Provenience | Iraq | Ur |
Archaeology Area | PG 871, in filling above the floor |
Period | Ur II |
Date Made | 2475-2300 BCE |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Calcite |
Description | CBS Register: Part of Contents of an unusally rich grave of the Sargonid period (c. 2700 BC) PG 871. B16919 - B16925; also three copper vessels U.10759-61. Calcite lamp. shell shaped, decorated with a human headed bull in relief. CBS Register: Season VI. U.10746 (crossed out in pencil with a question mark). alabaster lamp (?) decorated with a human headed, beared bull. [CBS.16919 = same lamp] [CBS Register: B16919: Calcite lamp, shell shaped, decorated with a human headed bull in relief. Same, under CBS17087] |
Height | 3.3 cm |
Length | 15 cm |
Depth | 8.5 cm |
Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1928 |
Other Number | U.10746 - Field No SF | B16919 - Other Number | 0406 - Cast Number |
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