14212 | 31-17-187

Conservation: 2007. University Museum Near East Section Ur Metals Conservation Treatment Project. IMLS Grant.     
MASCA Metallurgy Testing: Sample 3.     
Pseudomorph: Wood in the socket.      
Description (Catalog Card): Copper axe. Socketed type with flange at back of socket. Type XX.2     
Description (Archival): With socket. Socket half broken.     
Find Context (Catalog Card): PG 1665     
Material (Catalog Card): Copper Alloy3     
Measurement (Catalog Card): l. of blade 015 socket 010     
U Number: 14212     
Object Type: Tools and Equipment >> Axes, Choppers, Scrapers >> Axes      
Museum: University of Pennsylvania Museum      
Season Number: 08: 1929-1930      
Culture/Period: Akkadian Dynasty 1     
Description (Modern): Copper Axe, Socketted. Back of socket is missing. Blade is narrower towards socket, thicker towards tip. One hole for modern day testing     
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Metal >> Copper Alloy      
Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number): 31-17-187     
Measurement (X): 118     
Measurement (Y): 564     
Measurement (Y): 285     
Measurement (Z): 105     
Measurement (Z): 64     
[1] Hermann Müller-Karpe, Prähistorische Bronzefunde (Munich: C.H. Beck, 1983), No.896, p.126.
[2] Woolley's description
[3] Material as described by Woolley
[4] Socket
[5] Blade

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Location Context Title Context Description Description (Modern)
PG/1665 (none) (none)
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Media: 14212 | 31-17-187 Export: JSON - XML - CSV

Media Media Title Title Label Author Omeka Label
Metallgefäße im Iraq I Metallgefäße im Iraq I 1993 Müller-Karpe, Michael (none)
Woolley's Catalog Cards Woolley's Catalog Cards Card -- BM ID:194 Box:58 Page:131 Card -- BM ID:194 Box:58 Page:131 (none)
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Context

Ur >> Royal Cemetery | PG >> Private Graves 1601-1700 >> PG/1665

References

Müller-Karpe, Michael. (1993) Metallgefäße im Iraq I, Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag.

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