Drainpipe

31-16-163

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 31-16-163
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Ur
Section Near Eastern
Materials Terracotta
Description

Pottery. 2014 Description: Fragmentary columnar drain pipe. The ceramic paste is orange and the exterior surface is white. There are traces of a black substance, possibly bitumen, along some of the break edges. This may be evidence of an ancient repair.

Credit Line British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1931

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