17076 | 31-43-497

18052http://www165.123.244.137/subject/18052/17076 | 31-43-497

Object TypeTools/Weapons

MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania Museum

Season Number09: 1930-1931

Object TypeKnives, Blades, Saws

MaterialCopper Alloy

U Number17076

Description (Modern)Copper Axe, Small part, Miniature? Bent tang broken off but still in box. Does not attach. Edges have been sampled in modern day.

Description (Catalog Card)Axe copper. Miniature. Bent tang. [drawing 1:1]Woolley's description

Description (Archival)Sample found in Sam Nash's Metallurgy cabinets. Sample Number Ur 527

Find Context (Catalog Card)A.H

Material (Catalog Card)Copper alloyMaterial as described by Woolley

Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)31-43-497

Measurement (Catalog Card)L. 52mm

Measurement (X)34

Measurement (Y)24

Measurement (Z)5

MASCA Metallurgy TestingSample 527.

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

PseudomorphBasketry? Textile?