Terminology
Object Type
Object classification is qualitative rather than quantitative. These classifications have been a source of consternation, some things are fairly obvious, but others blur the lines between categories. In this category we are looking for one to two word object definitions. For example: Figurine, Model, Plaque, Cone, Statue, etc. View details »
Modern Reproductions Animal Equipment Nose Rings Rein Rings Bridle-Bits Reins Yokes and Collars Architectural Elements Bricks Cones Door/Gate Sockets Socket Drain Pipes Armor and Weaponry Arrows and Bows Arrowheads Bows Quivers String notches Helmets Sling Bullets Spears and Lances Spearheads/Lanceheads Spear Ends GreavesSeason Number
The number of the season. 1=1922-23 2=1923-24 3=1924-25 4=1925-26 5=1926-27 6=1927-28 7=1928-29 8=1929-30 9=1930-31 10=1931-32 11=1932-33 12=1933-34 View details »
01: 1922-1923 02: 1923-1924 03: 1924-1925 04: 1925-1926 05: 1926-1927 06: 1927-1928 07: 1928-1929 08: 1929-1930 09: 1930-1931 10: 1931-1932 11: 1932-1933 12: 1933-1934 1853-1854 1918 1918-1919Museum
The current location of the object, based on the object's museum number. View details »
The National Museum of Iraq University of Pennsylvania Museum British Museum Ashmolean Museum, Oxford Babylon Museum Bantock House Museum Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Bryn Mawr College Carisbrooke Castle Museum Fitzwilliam Museum Government of India Hereford Museum and Art Gallery Kopenhagen Museum McGill University Exhibits and Collections Metropolitan Museum of Art Mosul Museum Musee Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique Museo Nacional de Antropologia Museum of Ontario Archaeology Nasriyah Museum Nelson Atkins Museum of Art Sulaymaniyah Museum The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery The State Hermitage Museum UCL-Institute of Archaeology CollectionsCulture/Period
The time period of the object, taken from ORACC and corroborated with the British Museum with specific dates. View details »
Ubaid Uruk Jemdat Nasr Early Dynastic / Sumerian EDI-II EDIIIA EDIIIB Akkadian Dynasty Guti/Post Akkadian Ur III Old Babylonian Isin Larsa Middle Assyrian Kassite Neo-Assyrian Neo-Babylonian Achaemenid Empire (Persian) Seleucid ParthianTechnique
The method of manufacture or decoration on an object. View details »
Decoration Addition Application Engobbage Glazed Inlaid Painted Ribbed Slipped Soldered Stained Subtraction Bevelled Burnished Combing Cut Drilled Impressed Incised Inscribed Pierced/Perforated/Bored Polished Scraped Stamped StippledIconography
The visual images and symbols used to decorate an object. View details »
Accessories Animal Equipment Bridle Saddle Bandoleer Belt Headwear Bandeau Headdress/Crown Horned Headdress Jewelry Anklet Bracelet/Bangles Earrings Neck Adornment Necklace Animal/Zoomorphic Bird Fish Frog Insect Fly Scarab Scorpion MammalText Genre
This category is for defining texts into separate categories, like literary, lexical, legal, etc. View details »
Administrative and Legal Account Administration Contract Gift Inventory Legal Loan Sale Lexical King Lists Word Lists Year Names Literary Hymns and Cult Songs Lamentation Letters and Letter-Prayers Narrative and Mythological Curse of Agade Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta Gilgamesh Laws of Hammurabi Other Narratives Wisdom Literature Praise PoetryMaterial
Most objects are composed of a single material. Those objects that are complex or composed of multiple materials are simply tagged with each significant material. For example, there are cylinder seals with gold caps. These are categorized as being both the type of stone as well as gold. For this category, we are looking for the most specific identification (i.e granite instead of stone). Use Material ALT for the larger categories. View details »
Inorganic Remains Clay Fired Pottery/Ceramic Terracotta Unfired Glass and Related Material Faience Frit Glass Paste Metal Copper Alloy Bronze Copper Electrum Gold Iron Lead Silver Mortars, Grouts, and Plasters Gypsum Mortar and Plaster Lime Mortar and Plaster Stones and Minerals Mineral Apatite