Toilet Kit
Ring
Reproduction
29-22-11E
From: Iraq | Ur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 29-22-11E |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Ur |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Electrotype |
| Description | Electrotype reproduction of gold vanity case with tweezers, pick and spoon. Found with 29-22-10. Original in Baghdad. U9340 The cone-shaped case is decorated with chased design and applique filigree work. In it, hanging from a silver ring, were three toilet instruments of gold, two picks, a spoon and tweezers. It was suspended from the silver girdle to which the dagger and the cylinder seal also were attached. Ur Cemetery, P1. 137, 151 and 308 (p. 51) Antiq. Jour., Jan. 1928, p. 22, P1. X |
| Credit Line | Commissioned by British Museum / University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1928 |
| Other Number | U.9340 - Field No SF |
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