Door Socket
| Object Number: | B9223 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Iraq Ur |
| Period: | Ur III |
| Date Made: | 2100-2000 BCE |
| Early Date: | -2100 |
| Late Date: | -2000 |
| Section: | Near Eastern |
| Materials: | Stone |
| Technique: | Inscribed |
| Inscription Language: | Sumerian Language |
| Credit Line: | Babylonian Expedition II, 1890 |
| Other Number: | P227485 - CDLI Number |
Description
CBS Register: Doorsocket. Gimil-Sin. Peters, Nippur 239, Radau EBH 277.
-The inscription on this stone is on a smoothed portion--the stone itself is rough below the inscription. The socket part is square, not circular.
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 |
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