Description (Catalog Card): Offering table Limestone White Made in 2 pieces Part of table missing1     
Find Context (Catalog Card): PG 348 TTE     
Material (Catalog Card): Limestone3     
Measurement (Catalog Card): Ht 046 rim 044 ase 027     
U Number: 9239     
Museum: University of Pennsylvania Museum      
Object Type: Furniture >> Offering Tables      
Season Number: 05: 1926-1927      
Description (Modern): plaster cast of ceramic original height and width are incomplete CBS Register: field number is a little messy and unclear. limestone offering table. not decorated. foot diameter 265 mm . Upper tray diam. 455 mm. Height. 432 mm. PG 348 2014 Description: Stone offering table. The top of the table is circular and is concave in the middle with a rounded upturned rim. The base of the table is cylindrical with a concave sides and a flared out base. The center of the bottom has been partially hallowed out. The surface of the stone has been covered with a plaster layer followed by a paint layer. The paint has a tan under layer with a dark brown overcoat. It is unclear how much of the surface is original.2     
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Stone >> Sedimentary >> Limestone      
Museum Number (UPM B-number): B17246     
[1] Woolley's description
[2] Data collected during Penn Museum conservation review of ceramics.
[3] Material as described by Woolley

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Media Media Title Title Label Author Omeka Label
Woolley's Catalog Cards Woolley's Catalog Cards Card -- BM ID:194 Box:41 Page:141 Card -- BM ID:194 Box:41 Page:141 (none)
Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery 1934 Woolley, Leonard (none)
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