Mace

B14936

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B14936
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Ur
Archaeology Area TTB 19
Period Old Akkadian Period
Date Made 2340-2200 BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Alabaster
Technique Inscribed
Description

Inscribed-dedication by a king, name broken, who "smashed the head of Warka and Ur".-[Rimush of Kish]

CBS Register: fragment of aragonite mace with inscription. "Rimush of Akkad"

Height 9.5 cm
Credit Line British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1923
Other Number U.221 - Field No SF | P217324 - CDLI Number

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