17887A | 1932,1008.31
| 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 |
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | PG/1851 | (none) | (none) |
- 1 Location
| 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) |
- 3 Media