8583

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MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania Museum

Object TypeScrapers

Season Number05: 1926-1927

MaterialCopper Alloy

U Number8583

Description (Modern)Razor

Description (Catalog Card)Copper razor. Unusual lop-sided shape. It is said by Yahia to be identical with a modern iron instrument used by the Arab ploughman for scraping mud off the ploughshare: only the modern tool is socketted. [drawing 1:1]Woolley's description

Find Context (Catalog Card)PG 331

Material (Catalog Card)Copper AlloyMaterial as described by Woolley

Museum Number (UPM B-number)B17387

Measurement (Catalog Card)[L. 0084]

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