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plaque
Object Type
plaque
Museum number
116513
Description
Fired clay plaque; "Man with Monkeys"; shows a man, perhaps an Indian showman with monkeys, one of whom is playing a pipe; another monkey is on his right shoulder, grasping his hair; man holds uncertain object in right hand.
Cultures/periods
Old Babylonian
Production date
2000BC-1750BC
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Sir Leonard Woolley
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Ur (city - archaic)
, Temenos Wall Surface NE
Materials
fired clay
Dimensions
Length:
10.80 centimetres
Width:
4.50 centimetres
Bibliographic references
Woolley & Mallowan 1976a / The Old Babylonian period
(90, pl.73)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
mammal
musical instrument
Acquisition date
1923
Department
Middle East
BM/Big number
116513
Registration number
1923,1110.102
Additional IDs
Excavation/small finds number:
U.216
(excavation number)
Conservation
Treatment
: 08 Aug 2013