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  • U Number : 7873

    Description (Catalog Card) : Copper knife. Same type as 7872 but longer. The bent-over end has been broken and mended. Impression of reed matting on one side.

  • U Number : 7875

    Description (Catalog Card) : Copper knife. Similar to 7872 : bend double in antiquity. XI.

  • U Number : 7877

    Description (Catalog Card) : Copper knife? or Axe? The blade is straight-sided and the cutting edge may be at the square end, cf. U.7867 but this is longer and narrower. The other (haft) end is bent over: broken and mended.

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Ur Online

Ur Online offers an insight into the unique site of Ur, near Nasiriyah in southern Iraq, and one of the largest and most important cities of ancient Mesopotamia. Excavations at Ur between 1922 and 1934 by Sir Leonard Woolley, jointly sponsored by the British Museum and the Penn Museum, uncovered Ur’s famous ziggurat complex, densely packed private houses, and the spectacular Royal Graves. Half the finds from Woolley’s excavations are housed in the Iraq Museum in Baghdad, with the other half shared equally between the British Museum and the Penn Museum. Through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation, lead underwriter, the Kowalski Family Foundation and the Hagop Kevorkian Fund, Ur Online preserves digitally and invites in-depth exploration of the finds and records from this remarkable site. Learn more about the project.

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