Sherd

Handle

31-17-352G

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 31-17-352G
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 Terracotta
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: Lower portion of a handle made from three coils attached side by side. The ceramic is pale orange.

Length 11.9 cm
Width 7 cm
Thickness 2 cm
Credit Line British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1931
Other Number U.12778 - Field No SF

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