Drainpipe

B16657

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B16657
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Ur
Section Near Eastern
Materials Terracotta
Description

according to UE IV, this object is not a drainpipe but rather a fragment of a bowl of dark steatite having on the outside a row of scorpions carved in low relief. Found above the Larsa houses of EM group, U.7145. This describes B16226.

CBS Register: 4th Expedition. 1925-1926. Small trumpet mouthed prehistoric drain pipes, used on a slope as "intake."

Credit Line British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1926
Other Number U.7145 - Field No SF

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