Bowl

29-22-7

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 29-22-7
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Ur
Archaeology Area PG 755
Section Near Eastern
Materials Electrotype
Description

Electrotype reproduction of oval gold bowl, fluted and engraved; lapis hadles. Original in Baghdad

U10003

Type 7. Found in the pit of Meskalamdug. PG 755 at the head of the coffin.

Ur Cemetery, p. 159, P1. 160 (Baghdad 8272)

Antiq. Jour., Oct. 1928, p. 427, P1. LVIII

Sides are fluted. Chevron pattern below the rim. On the base an engraved rosette. Lugs vertically pierced, lapis lazuli between projecting plates of gold secured by rivets. Loop handle, probably silver, is missing.

Credit Line Commissioned by British Museum / University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1928

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