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bucket
Object Type
bucket
Museum number
121463
Description
Silver bucket; shape distorted.
Cultures/periods
Early Dynastic III
Production date
2600BC
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Sir Leonard Woolley
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Royal Cemetery (Ur)
Materials
silver
Dimensions
Diameter:
18.50 centimetres
(rim)
Height:
21 centimetres
(to rim)
Height:
20 centimetres
Weight:
1299 grammes
Location
On display
(G56/dc12)
Acquisition name
Division of Finds:
Department of Antiquities of Iraq
Acquisition date
1928
Department
Middle East
BM/Big number
121463
Registration number
1928,1010.147
Additional IDs
Excavation/small finds number:
U.10455
(excavation number)
Conservation
Treatment
: 20/08/1990
Treatment
: 19/08/1988