Technique: Manufacture >> Handmade >> Hammered 1     
Conservation: 2007. University Museum Near East Section Ur Metals Conservation Treatment Project. IMLS Grant.     
Pseudomorph: Basketry (?) Reed (?)      
MASCA Metallurgy Testing: Unknown sample number.      
Description (Catalog Card): Copper knife. Tang broken and part missing. Type _ [drawing 1:1]2     
Find Context (Catalog Card): Found at same level as Phonician glass bottle, SW of house I. A.H ?Kassite?     
Material (Catalog Card): Copper Alloy3     
U Number: 16785     
Object Type: Tools and Equipment >> Knives, Blades, Saws >> Knives and Swords      
Museum: University of Pennsylvania Museum      
Season Number: 09: 1930-1931      
Description (Modern): Copper tool. Possibly a saw Type 1a or a hammered Axe, type S.18. Possibly a sickle? Curved blade with pointed tip. haft is square and broken. Possible seriation on inside curve of blade, possibly also deterioration. Two holes for modern day testing. U number on object.      
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Metal >> Copper Alloy      
Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number): 31-43-494     
Measurement (X): 164     
Measurement (Y): 35     
Measurement (Z): 4     
[1] Data collected by British Museum research team.
[2] Woolley's description
[3] Material as described by Woolley

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Location Context Title Context Description Description (Modern)
House I Excavation house designation on the southeast side of Straight Street (originally called Division Street as it divided the first excavation house designations I, II, and III). This unit covered published houses No.2 and No. 4 Straight Street. (none)
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Media: 16785 | 31-43-494 Export: JSON - XML - CSV

Media Media Title Title Label Author Omeka Label
Ur Excavations VIII; The Kassite Period and the period of the Assyrian Kings Ur Excavations VIII; The Kassite Period and the period of the Assyrian Kings 1965 Woolley, Leonard (none)
Woolley's Catalog Cards Woolley's Catalog Cards Card -- BM ID:194 Box:66 Page:215 Card -- BM ID:194 Box:66 Page:215 (none)
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