6642 | 31-17-265

5881http://www165.123.244.137/subject/5881/6642 | 31-17-265

MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania Museum

Object TypeBows

Season Number04: 1925-1926

Object TypeHandles and Spouts

MaterialCopper Alloy

U Number6642

Description (Modern)Rod of brownish metal, slight s shape, handle is flat on one side, rounded on other

Description (Catalog Card)Bronze bow. Fragment. Broken in 3 places. E.Woolley's description

Description (Archival)S shaped sample found in Sam Nash's Metallurgy cabinets. Sample Number Ur 317

Find Context (Catalog Card)Sq. L-M, 10-11, KP

Material (Catalog Card)Copper AlloyMaterial as described by Woolley

Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)31-17-265

Measurement (Catalog Card)L. .035

Measurement (X)187

Measurement (Y)10

Measurement (Z)6

MASCA Metallurgy TestingSample 317.

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

NotesOnly one piece, other two pieces unknown.