Object Number | 31-43-265 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Iraq | Ur |
Archaeology Area | UE VI: Dungi's mausoleum, room 3 |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Basalt |
Description | UE VI: one of a set of 3 stone pounders, and a number of natural pebbles of hard stone; several of them have been used for hammering gold, of which traces remain on the pounding face. Most of them are discolored and split y fire, owing to the burning of the building. |
Length | 7.5 cm |
Width | 4.5 cm |
Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1931 |
Other Number | U.16268B - Field No SF |
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