9017

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Object TypeAxes

MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania Museum

Season Number05: 1926-1927

MaterialCopper Alloy

U Number9017

Description (Modern)Copper Axe, Shaft broken and repaired. Blade is narrower towards shaft, thickest towards tip. Three holes for modern testing.

Description (Catalog Card)Copper axe. Heavy copper. Common type. [Type] XIX [drawing]Woolley's description

Description (Archival)CBS Register: no field number. copper axe, length 120 mm sample found in Sam Nash's Metallurgy cabinets. Sample Number Ur 23

Find Context (Catalog Card)TTF PG 466

Material (Catalog Card)Copper AlloyMaterial as described by Woolley

Museum Number (UPM B-number)B17410

Measurement (Catalog Card)L. 012 L. of shaft 006

Measurement (Diameter)25Socket

Measurement (X)119

Measurement (Y)59Socket

Measurement (Y)26Blade

Measurement (Z)7Blade

Measurement (Z)3Socket

MASCA Metallurgy TestingSample 23.

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

ConservationPossibly electrolytic reduction treatment