Vase
B14967
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Ur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
Object Number | B14967 |
Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
Provenience | Iraq | Ur |
Archaeology Area | UE IV: found under the Kuri-Galzu floor of E-nun-mah |
Date Made | 2475-2300 BCE |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Basalt |
Description | CBS Register: fragment of basalt vase with relief. Wild mountain bull. UE IV: fragment of a cup of black steatite; carved in low relief on the outside a figure of a boar standing on its hind legs with one front foot resting on a conventional mountain; crude but vigorous work. the foot of the cup was made of a separate piece of stone |
Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1923 |
Other Number | U.211 - Field No SF |
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