8938http://www165.123.244.137/subject/8938/MuseumThe National Museum of IraqObject TypeJarsSeason Number05: 1926-1927MaterialBitumenMaterialEgg ShellU Number9255Description (Modern)Ostrich eggDescription (Catalog Card)Ostrich egg Broken and part missing. Decorated at one end with tesselated triangles of white shell alternated by triangles and diamonds of bitumen. There are 5 rows of triangles and above strips of shell 0015 wide and 002 high.Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)PG 430 TTFMaterial (Catalog Card)Ostrich ShellMaterial as described by WoolleyMaterial (Catalog Card)ShellMaterial as described by WoolleyMaterial (Catalog Card)BitumenMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (IM Number)IM 4262Museum Number (IM Number)IM 16743Measurement (Catalog Card)Ht approx 020NotesWas B16743, accessioned for reconstruction/restoration, deaccessioned and returned to Iraq in 1943.