Raw Material

85-48-207

From: Iraq | Nippur (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

Object Number 85-48-207
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur (uncertain)
Section Near Eastern
Materials Bitumen
Description

Sample

Sample of bitumen in cold cream jar with note attached:

"Bitumen. the one from the hot, the other from the cold spring at Hit. Taken by H.V.H. during the I Babyl. Exped. 1888/1889."

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I-IV, 1888-1900

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