Conservation: 2007. University Museum Near East Section Ur Metals Conservation Treatment Project. IMLS Grant.     
Analytic: Digital X-radiography images taken by Penn Museum Conservation     
Description (Catalog Card): Copper tray etc. [A] [Tray] [Tray type] XXV (new 31) Attached by corrosion to the inside of this are [drawing] [B] 1 copper vessel [Type] XXXVI (new 81), with long trough spout [drawing] [C-E] 3 copper hemispherical bowls, [F-I] Copper vases [Type] LXI, four more or less alike and [J] one [Type] XLV. All corroded together. [drawing] [additional notes on back: 4 bowls BM 121663 1 broken (illegible) from 1927-8 unclear if this is related to the 3 bowls listed in entry]1     
Find Context (Catalog Card): PG 1422     
Material (Catalog Card): Copper2     
Measurement (Catalog Card): ht 011 rim 006 base 006     
U Number: 12485H     
Museum: University of Pennsylvania Museum      
Object Type: Vessels/Containers >> Closed Forms >> Jars      
Season Number: 07: 1928-1929      
Description (Modern): Part of a large group of vessels and fragments all with the same field number (U12485) and accession number. Illustrated in situ in Woolley’s report (Ur Excavations, The Royal Cemetery, pl. 184). Upper part of copper-alloy jar with rounded upper body, short straight neck with narrow everted rim with thickened, flat edge. Two small copper-alloy tubes added vertically to each side of the neck. This type of lug handle is common on boat-shaped vessels, but is not known from any other jar. Some of the fragments grouped under -432h may be part of the lower part of this jar.      
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Metal >> Copper Alloy      
Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number): 30-12-432C     
[1] Woolley's description
[2] Material as described by Woolley

Locations: 12485H | 30-12-432C Export: JSON - XML - CSV

Media: 12485H | 30-12-432C Export: JSON - XML - CSV

Media Media Title Title Label Author Omeka Label
UPM Field Photo numbers UPM Field Photo numbers (none) (none) (none)
Woolley's Catalog Cards Woolley's Catalog Cards Card -- BM ID:194 Box:53 Page:112 Card -- BM ID:194 Box:53 Page:112 (none)
Woolley's Catalog Cards Woolley's Catalog Cards Card -- BM ID:194 Box:53 Page:112_V Card -- BM ID:194 Box:53 Page:112_V (none)
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