14238 | 31-17-186

14573http://www165.123.244.137/subject/14573/14238 | 31-17-186

Object TypeAxes

MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania Museum

Season Number08: 1929-1930

MaterialCopper Alloy

U Number14238

Description (Modern)Copper axe. Socketted. Socket broken and parts missing. Type A4. Ridge around top and bottom of socket. Blade relatively same thickness from socket to tip. Tip is rounded. Top of socket removed for modern day testing.

Description (Catalog Card)Copper axe. Socketed. Type XIX.Woolley's description

Description (Archival)With socket. Type XIX sample found in Sam Nash's Metallurgy cabinets. Sample Number Ur 547

Find Context (Catalog Card)PG 1687

Material (Catalog Card)Copper AlloyMaterial as described by Woolley

Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)31-17-186

Measurement (Catalog Card)L. 0125 L. of socket 0055

Measurement (Diameter)26Socket

Measurement (X)123

Measurement (X)51Socket

Measurement (Y)32

Measurement (Z)5

Measurement (Z)3Socket

MASCA Metallurgy TestingSample 547.

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

ConservationPossibly electrolytic reduction treatment

Pseudomorphalthough the object appears to have been electrolytically reduced it still retains pseudomorphs of wood on the interior of the socket.