8244 | 1928,1009.526
| Description (Catalog Card): | Inscribed Ostrich Egg. Ostrich Egg all broken, it had been excavated with mother of pearl, lapis, and lumanae or red-paste for order etc. see field notes. |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | PG 189 |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Shell1 |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Lapis lazuli1 |
| U Number: | 8244 |
| Museum: | British Museum |
| Object Type: | Vessels/Containers >> Closed Forms >> Jars |
| Season Number: | 05: 1926-1927 |
| Description (Modern): | UE 2 p. 530: 'Ostrich-shell (broken) cut open at one end and used as a vase; the rim and base encrusted with small tesserae, squares, and triangles, of shell, lapis-lazuli, and pink paste (or limestone?). Cf. U. 9255, PL. 156. PG/189. (L. BM. 123665.) (P. CBS. 16743.)' |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Mineral >> Semi-precious >> Lapis Lazuli |
| Material: | Organic Remains >> Shell |
| Museum Number (BM Big Number): | 123556 |
| Museum Number (BM Registration Number): | 1928,1009.5262 |
| [1] Material as described by Woolley |
| [2] Data collected by British Museum research team. |
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | PG/189 | (none) | (none) |
- 1 Location
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery | Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery | 1934 | Woolley, Leonard | (none) |
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:37 Page:212 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:37 Page:212 | (none) |
- 2 Media
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Context
Ur >> Royal Cemetery | PG >> TTE >> Private Graves 101-200 >> PG/189
References
Woolley, Leonard. (1934) Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery, Oxford: Oxford University Press.