bowl;
electrotype
- Museum number
- C.308
- Description
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Electrotype of gold spouted bowl, with flat plain circular base and long narrow open-topped spout attached directly to the rim, rolled over at the tip; the rim is folded over onto the interior.
- Production date
- 1928-1930
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 4.60 centimetres (base)
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Diameter: 12.30 centimetres (rim)
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Height: 6.80 centimetres
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Length: 18.50 centimetres (with spout)
- Curator's comments
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The original object, numbered by the excavator as U.10451, is in the University Museum in Philadelphia (CBS 17692), and was found in PG 800 in the Royal Cemetery at Ur.
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A.Ca numbers 54-58 and 60 [59 may not have been allocated] were added to the series by J E Reade, presumably in the 1990s in preparation for G56/MES1 gallery.
- Location
- On display (G56/dc12)
- Department
- Middle East
- Registration number
- C.308
- Additional IDs
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Excavation/small finds number: U.10451 (excavation number (of the original))
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Miscellaneous number: C.L. (marked on underside of the base)
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Other BM number: ACa60
