Description (Catalog Card): [A-E] Copper bull's head. Five examples. Cast in copper and originally attached to some wooden object (from which they have been broken away) by a pin passing through the neck. All of same type but differing in size and slightly in execution all of regular Al Obaid style all in good condition.1     
Find Context (Catalog Card): Found together in a hole in the bottom brickwork of the great mudbrick wall (Iind Dynasty) running above PG 1850, PG 1851.     
Material (Catalog Card): Copper Alloy3     
Measurement (Catalog Card): L. top of head to muzzle 110mm, W. across tip of ears 150mm     
U Number: 17887A     
Museum: British Museum      
Object Type: Figural Objects >> Figurines >> Zoomorphic      
Season Number: 10: 1931-1932      
Description (Modern): Five copper bull's heads     
Description (Modern): Copper alloy head of a bovine; originally attached to a body with a wooden core and a covering of bitumen; with vertical spike by which it was fixed.2     
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Metal >> Copper Alloy      
Museum Number (BM Big Number): 123138     
Museum Number (BM Registration Number): 1932,1008.312     
[1] Woolley's description
[2] Data collected by British Museum research team.
[3] Material as described by Woolley

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Media Media Title Title Label Author Omeka Label
Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery 1934 Woolley, Leonard (none)
Provisional Field Photo Album Provisional Field Photo Album (none) (none) (none)
Woolley's Catalog Cards Woolley's Catalog Cards Card -- BM ID:194 Box:70 Page:87 Card -- BM ID:194 Box:70 Page:87 (none)
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