10435A

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MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania Museum

Object TypeKnives and Swords

Season Number06: 1927-1928

MaterialCopper Alloy

MaterialGold

U Number10435A

Description (Modern)Copper scimitar, curved in shape. Broken and repaired. Two rivets, one in each end of the object. Gold binding located in middle, attached to copper by a large rivet. Space between blade and edge of gold, possibly filled with wood (pseudomorph on copper). U number on object

Description (Catalog Card)[A-B] Copper Scimitars with gold binding two= [drawing] 1:5 At each end a rivet and through the gold band in the middle: the marks of the wooden handle covering part of the blade (all the back edge up to the line of the gold binding) are quite clear: the restoration of the handle supplied by the shell figure Kish: Mackay Vol. I, pl. III. In one case there was found a few centimeters from the tip a cap of very thin silver (hopelessly decayed) which may have come at the top. asce A16 (new)Woolley's description

Find Context (Catalog Card)PG 800 found behind the big stone bowl, between the chariot and the box.

Material (Catalog Card)Copper Material as described by Woolley

Material (Catalog Card)GoldMaterial as described by Woolley

Museum Number (UPM B-number)B17002

Measurement (Catalog Card)L 030

Measurement (X)319Blade

Measurement (X)46Gold

Measurement (Y)41Blade

Measurement (Y)39Gold

Measurement (Z)24Blade

Measurement (Z)1Gold

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

PseudomorphWood