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ring
Object Type
ring
Museum number
1856,0903.30
Description
Copper alloy ring, flat; cast.
Cultures/periods
Old Babylonian
Production date
18thC BC
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
William Kennett Loftus
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Tell Sifr (Kutalla)
Materials
copper alloy
Technique
cast
Dimensions
Diameter:
7.62 centimetres
Weight:
136 grammes
Curator's comments
Stripped of corrosion on one side suggesting previous display.
Bibliographic references
Loftus W K 1857a / Travels and researches in Chaldaea and Susiana; with an account of excavations at Warka, the "Erech" of Nimrod, Shush, "Shushan the palace" of Esther, in 1849-52
(pp.268-9)
Moorey P R S 1971a / The Loftus hoard of Old Babylonian tools from Tell Sifr in Iraq
(p.79 no.66)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition date
1856
Department
Middle East
Registration number
1856,0903.30
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
K.F61a
(yellow label)