8375http://www165.123.244.137/subject/8375/Object TypeAwl/Drill/PiercersMuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumSeason Number05: 1926-1927MaterialBitumenMaterialCopper AlloyMaterialWoodU Number8783Description (Modern)Small copper rod covered with bitumen at back to form a handle. Wood chips can be seen in the bitumen but x-ray shows that no complete wooden block surrounds the copper rod. Wood chips may have been used to help solidify the bitumen into its pear-shaped handle form. X-rays also show that the copper rod has a hole in the back; it resembles a cloak pin that has been reused as a tool.Description (Catalog Card)Bradawl. Bitumen handle, copper borer, tip of bore missing. [drawing]Woolley's descriptionDescription (Archival)CBS Register: copper tool (prick) with bitumen handle. length 115 mmFind Context (Catalog Card)PG 422Material (Catalog Card)WoodMaterial as described by WoolleyMaterial (Catalog Card)BitumenMaterial as described by WoolleyMaterial (Catalog Card)Copper AlloyMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM B-number)B17463Measurement (Catalog Card)L. of handle 008 L. bore 004 Th. of handle at bottom 003 diam of borer 0004Measurement (X)101Measurement (X)37Copper Rod outside of handleMeasurement (Y)32Measurement (Y)2Copper RodMeasurement (Z)19Measurement (Z)2Copper RodConservation2007. University Museum Near East Section Ur Metals Conservation Treatment Project. IMLS Grant.PseudomorphThere are organics in the bitumen hands.AnalyticDigital X-radiography images taken by Penn Museum Conservation