11525 | 30-12-309

Conservation:	2007. University Museum Near East Section Ur Metals Conservation Treatment Project. IMLS Grant.
MASCA Metallurgy Testing:	Sample 125
Pseudomorph:	Wood inside haft, possibly still organic?

Description (Catalog Card):	Copper axe. Type A3(new) [drawing]¹
Description (Archival):	CBS Register: No field number. copper axe. (with sketch) wooden handle. 140 x 70 mm
Find Context (Catalog Card):	PG 1054 A⁴
Material (Catalog Card):	Copper Alloy⁵
Measurement (Catalog Card):	L. 014 H. 007

U Number:	11525
Object Type:	Tools and Equipment >> Axes, Choppers, Scrapers >> Axes
Museum:	University of Pennsylvania Museum
Season Number:	07: 1928-1929
Description (Modern):	Copper Axe with U.11525 written on the object. Corroded but in relatively good condition. Socketted haft, slight ridge running down back of socket. Blade is thicker near tip. One hole for modern day testing. ²
Description (Modern):	Axe³
Material:	Inorganic Remains >> Metal >> Copper Alloy
Material:	Inorganic Remains >> Metal >> Copper Alloy >> Copper ³
Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number):	30-12-309
Measurement (Diameter):	23⁶
Measurement (Weight):	281.10³
Measurement (Weight):	283.90³
Measurement (X):	138
Measurement (X):	71⁶
Measurement (X):	144.00³
Measurement (X):	140.00³
Measurement (Y):	30
Measurement (Y):	72.00³
Measurement (Y):	71.00³
Measurement (Z):	11
Measurement (Z):	4⁶
Measurement (Z):	35.00³
Measurement (Z):	32.00³

[1] Woolley's description

[2] Modern

[3] Aubrey Baadsgaard, Trends, Traditions, and Transformations: Fashions in Dress in Early Dynastic Mesopotamia (PhD diss., University of Pennsylvania, 2008).

[4] SW corner

[5] Material as described by Woolley

[6] Haft