Sherd

31-17-352M

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 31-17-352M
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Ur
Archaeology Area PG NW
Locus Found 7 1/2 to 8 m. below brick pavement dated ca. 3100 B.C. in the prehistoric settlement. P.G. N.W.
Period Prehistoric
Date Made ca. 3100 BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Ceramic | Paint
Technique Painted
Description

Includes decorated pottery; clay animal; seal impressions on clay jar stoppers; clay copies of shell bugle beads; bone tubular bead; copper needle, ect. 2014 Description: Body sherd. There is a black decoration on the exterior including part of a star made of radiating lines, and a band.

Length 5 cm
Width 5.7 cm
Thickness 1 cm
Credit Line British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1931
Other Number U.12778 - Field No SF

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