31535http://www165.123.244.137/subject/31535/MuseumBritish MuseumObject TypeInlaysCulture/PeriodAchaemenid Empire (Persian)?Culture/PeriodNeo-Babylonian?MaterialGlass and Related MaterialDescription (Modern)Fragment from lower left end of glass beard with two rows of stylised curls; probably belonged to composite statue; opaque light blue; the lower end of the beard projects 0.4 cm forwards and the back is thus convex; left side edge bevelled; cast by the lost-wax technique; the blue has faded and turned bluish-grey; covered by layer of lime accretion.Museum Number (BM Registration Number)1930,1213.675Measurement (Length)3.9cmMeasured at British Museum.Measurement (Width)4.9cmMeasured at British Museum.Measurement (Thickness)1.5cmMeasured at British Museum.16823http://www165.123.244.137/subject/16823/Object TypeJarsSeason Number09: 1930-1931MuseumBritish MuseumCulture/PeriodKassiteReputedly found in a Kassite grave, the form though resembles a much later object.Culture/PeriodAchaemenid Empire (Persian)Argued to be 4th or 3rd centuries BC by Barag (1985, 79)MaterialGlass and Related MaterialU Number16330Description (Catalog Card)Miniature vase. Blue glass. With 2 handles. Part of one handle and bottom of vase missing. [drawing 1:1]Woolley's descriptionDescription (Modern)Glass jar, resembles a small amphora, with flat thickened rim, cylindrical neck and conical body; two handles, made from a bichrome twist, from the rim to the shoulder; space inside body is cylindrical; yellow thread wound around the neck and another around the upper part of the body; rod-formed; body faded and turned greenish-grey (originally perhaps blue?); yellow thread faded; original colour of the handles may have been blue and yellow; the base and most of one handle missing, and a chip off the rim.Find Context (Catalog Card)Kassite Grave. A.HMaterial (Catalog Card)GlassMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (BM Registration Number)1931,1010.213Measurement (Height)3.8cmMeasured at British Museum, 2015.Measurement (Diameter)1.0cmMeasured at British Museum, 2015.Measurement (Diameter)1.8cmMeasured at British Museum, 2015.18879http://www165.123.244.137/subject/18879/Object TypeRingsSeason Number09: 1930-1931MuseumThe National Museum of IraqMaterialGoldU Number17430Description (Modern)RingDescription (Catalog Card)Gold ring. Plain flat wire, thick. Ends loose, not overlapping but teaching.Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)Bur-Sin NW courtyard annex. Text: Bur-Sin NW mausoleum (p.3)Material (Catalog Card)GoldMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (IM Number)9548Measurement (Catalog Card)D. 22mm2127http://www165.123.244.137/subject/2127/Object TypeAnthropomorphicMuseumBritish MuseumSeason Number03: 1924-1925Culture/PeriodNeo-BabylonianMaterialGlass and Related MaterialU Number2747Description (Catalog Card)Paste statuette. Blue glass paste, much worn. Servant in attitude of devotion. Head and trunk only. [drawing 1:1]Woolley's descriptionDescription (Modern)Glass statuette of man standing, hands clasped in front, in an attitude of submission or prayer; opaque dark blue; the long hair is wavy and comes down to the shoulders; cast, probably in a two-piece mould; surface dulled and very pitted; lower part of figure missing.Find Context (Catalog Card)DiqdiqqehMaterial (Catalog Card)Glass PasteMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (BM Big Number)119259Museum Number (BM Registration Number)1927,1003.254Measurement (Catalog Card)[L.22mm, W.10mm based on 1:1 drawing]Measurement (Height)2.3cmMeasured at British Museum.Measurement (Width)1.0cmMeasured at British Museum.Measurement (Thickness)0.7cmMeasured at British Museum.6886http://www165.123.244.137/subject/6886/MuseumBritish MuseumObject TypeRods and BarsSeason Number05: 1926-1927MaterialGlass and Related MaterialU Number7593Description (Catalog Card)Glass rod. Fragment. Black. Composed of long fine strands. Pinched at one end thus showing that it had been used at Ur in the fabrication of glass ware.Woolley's descriptionDescription (Modern)Portion of glass cane, round in section; opaque black (brown); cane is solid, one end slightly broadened by the imprint of a tool which cut halfway through the cane; the remaining half was broken forcefully; the opposite end is broken off; very thin vertical grooves along the surface; probably drawn out of the crucible with a solid rod; small portion is translucent and reveals that the colour of the glass is brown; surface slightly dulled.Find Context (Catalog Card)loose soil EMMaterial (Catalog Card)GlassMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (BM Big Number)128415Museum Number (BM Registration Number)1928,1009.148Measurement (Catalog Card)Thickness 0003Measurement (Height)0.45cmMeasured at British Museum, 2015.Measurement (Diameter)1.9cmMeasured at British Museum, 2015.874http://www165.123.244.137/subject/874/Object TypeBowlsMuseumBritish MuseumSeason Number01: 1922-1923Culture/PeriodNeo-AssyrianMaterialGlass and Related MaterialU Number791Description (Modern)Fragment of glass bowl; flat and broad rim, convex sides; body perhaps slightly deeper than a hemisphere; quality of glass is very good, very few bubbles; cast by the lost-wax technique; finished by grinding and polishing; colourless with very light greenish tinge; surface badly damaged by light brownish, incipient weathering layer, which has partly flaked-off and caused serious pitting.Description (Catalog Card)Glass bowl. Fragment of in heavy molded glass in opaque white and yellow on translucent pale green. Section [referencing drawing]. [drawing 1:1]Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)T.T.B 5, set into the Nebuchadnezzar pavement / E-nun-mah room 5Material (Catalog Card)GlassMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (BM Big Number)116543Museum Number (BM Registration Number)1923,1110.144Measurement (Catalog Card)[L.65mm, W.42mm based on 1:1 drawing]