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Current location British Museum
Cultural affiliation Sumerian
Date (late) 2500
Excavator Leonard Wooley
Material composite, shell, red limestone, lapis lazuli, bitumen
Museum Link http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/compass/ixbin/hixclient.exe?_IXDB_=compass&_IXSR_=ri1&_IXSS_=_IXFPFX_%3dgraphical%252ffull%252f%26_IXNOMATCHES_%3dgraphical%252fno_matches%252ehtml%26%2524%2b%2528with%2bv2_searchable_index%2529%2bsort%3d%252e%26_IXDB_%3dcompass%26%257bUPPER%257d%253av2_free_text_tindex%3dUr%26_IXspage%3dsearch%26_IXSESSION_%3dsmzVCECyxnF%26_IXsearchterm%3dUr&_IXFIRST_=29&_IXMAXHITS_=1&_IXSPFX_=graphical/full/&_IXsearchterm=Ur%26_IXspage=search&submit-button=summary
Period Early Dynastic
Date (early) 2700
Object type box
Description Standard of Ur
Length (cm) 49.53
Height (cm) 21.59
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Coverage
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Creator
Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms) 		Global Heritage Fund info
Vocabulary: Iraq Heritage Program
Spatial Coverage
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Subject
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Suggested Citation

Global Heritage Fund. (2006) "box (ID:43) from Asia/Iraq/Ur/Royal Graves/PG 779". In Iraq Heritage Program. Global Heritage Fund (Ed). Released: 2006-11-07. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/f9bf67a7-5482-fa2f-8124-14e770868011> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2bv7j67p

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