18935 | 35-1-422

20321http://www165.123.244.137/subject/20321/18935 | 35-1-422

Object TypeKnives and Swords

MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania Museum

Season Number12: 1933-1934

MaterialCopper Alloy

U Number18935

Description (Catalog Card)Copper knife-blade. Type 7b. good condition.Woolley's description

Description (Modern)Copper Dagger. Type 7b. Leaf shaped triangular blade. One rivet. Tip and haft missing, Two holes and a chunk missing from side for modern day testing.

Description (Archival)Copper. Type 7-b. 2 rivets. sample found in Sam Nash's Metallurgy cabinets. Sample Number Ur 85, and Ur 147

Find Context (Catalog Card)PJ G100

Material (Catalog Card)CopperMaterial as described by Woolley

Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)35-1-422

Measurement (Catalog Card)L. 210mm

Measurement (X)198

Measurement (Y)32

Measurement (Z)4

MASCA Metallurgy TestingSample 85 and 147

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

ConservationTwo reconstructions, tip and haft in a grayish material.

PseudomorphThere are patches of textile pseudomorphs on the blade.