14301 | 31-17-193

14638http://www165.123.244.137/subject/14638/14301 | 31-17-193

Object TypeAxes

MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania Museum

Season Number08: 1929-1930

MaterialCopper Alloy

U Number14301

Description (Modern)Copper Axe, Type A4. Socket broken in half and missing. Blade is thicker towards tip. Tip is rounded. One hole for modern day testing. U number on object.

Description (Catalog Card)Copper Axe. Socketed. Socket broken. Type XIX.Woolley's description

Description (Archival)With socket. Wood in socket. Socket broken. Type XIX sample found in Sam Nash's Metallurgy cabinets. Sample Number Ur 74

Find Context (Catalog Card)PG 1738

Material (Catalog Card)Copper AlloyMaterial as described by Woolley

Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)31-17-193

Measurement (Catalog Card)L. 0155

Measurement (X)135

Measurement (X)60Socket

Measurement (Y)38

Measurement (Z)10

Measurement (Z)5Socket

MASCA Metallurgy TestingSample 63.

Conservation2007. University Museum Near East Section Ur Metals Conservation Treatment Project. IMLS Grant.

PseudomorphWood, Charcoal