Conservation: 2007. University Museum Near East Section Ur Metals Conservation Treatment Project. IMLS Grant.     
MASCA Metallurgy Testing: Sample 47      
Pseudomorph: There are patches of textile pseudomorphs in the surface corrosion as well as matting.     
Description (Catalog Card): [.1-.2]Copper Axe (broken but complete) Type XVII but unusually long & narrow.2     
Description (Archival): Copper. Type XVII, variant. CBS Register: No field number. copper knife (sketch) length 220 mm     
Find Context (Catalog Card): PG 1203     
Material (Catalog Card): Copper3     
Measurement (Catalog Card): greatest width 004 l. 028     
U Number: 11988.11     
Object Type: Tools and Equipment >> Axes, Choppers, Scrapers >> Axes      
Museum: University of Pennsylvania Museum      
Season Number: 07: 1928-1929      
Object Type: Tools and Equipment >> Knives, Blades, Saws >> Knives and Swords      
Description (Modern): Copper Axe, Broken and mended. Haft missing. Blade is thicker in middle and narrows to a point at end. Type S3. Object is bent from post-deposition. Modern spot for testing. U number on object.      
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Metal >> Copper Alloy      
Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number): 30-12-297     
Measurement (X): 215     
Measurement (Y): 39     
Measurement (Z): 5     
Notes: Matched with 1929,1017.557 as well, and subdivided [.1-.2]. The blade is in the Penn Museum (30-12-297) the haft is in the British Museum (1929,1017.557). If you add the measurements together, they are very close to Woolley's measurements.      
[1] Subdivided because in both the Penn and British Museums.
[2] Woolley's description
[3] Material as described by Woolley

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