Vase

B14967

Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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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
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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