Flute

B17554B

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B17554B
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Ur
Archaeology Area PG 333
Date Made 2650-2550 BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Gold | Silver
Description

CBS register only discusses the wire, but the field card states: " some finely twisted silver wire and a long tube of thin silver"

[this object had been previously known and published as 30-12-536; after extensive research, this object was given its correct museum number in 2017]

Length 35 cm
Credit Line British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1930
Other Number U.8605B - Field No SF | B18256 - Old Museum Number | 30-12-536 - Old Museum Number | U.11913 - Field No SF

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