17887A | 1932,1008.31
Description (Catalog Card): | [A-E] Copper bull's head. Five examples. Cast in copper and originally attached to some wooden object (from which they have been broken away) by a pin passing through the neck. All of same type but differing in size and slightly in execution all of regular Al Obaid style all in good condition.1 |
Find Context (Catalog Card): | Found together in a hole in the bottom brickwork of the great mudbrick wall (Iind Dynasty) running above PG 1850, PG 1851. |
Material (Catalog Card): | Copper Alloy3 |
Measurement (Catalog Card): | L. top of head to muzzle 110mm, W. across tip of ears 150mm |
U Number: | 17887A |
Museum: | British Museum |
Object Type: | Figural Objects >> Figurines >> Zoomorphic |
Season Number: | 10: 1931-1932 |
Description (Modern): | Five copper bull's heads |
Description (Modern): | Copper alloy head of a bovine; originally attached to a body with a wooden core and a covering of bitumen; with vertical spike by which it was fixed.2 |
Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Metal >> Copper Alloy |
Museum Number (BM Big Number): | 123138 |
Museum Number (BM Registration Number): | 1932,1008.312 |
[1] Woolley's description |
[2] Data collected by British Museum research team. |
[3] Material as described by Woolley |
Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
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![]() | PG/1851 | (none) | (none) |
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Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
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![]() | Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery | Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery | 1934 | Woolley, Leonard | (none) |
![]() | Provisional Field Photo Album | Provisional Field Photo Album | (none) | (none) | (none) |
Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:70 Page:87 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:70 Page:87 | (none) |
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