17646B
| Description (Catalog Card): | [A] Beads about 70 of rock crystal, agate, carnelian, steatite and granite (?). [B] With them, an object [ID'd as Mace]in white limestone a disk (badly chipped) pierced in the center, flat and with slight mushroom stem and a second hole in the flat part. [drawing 1:1] |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | Found together (?) on a surface mound not far from Battha station, S. of Abu Drehm (brought in) |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Limestone2 |
| U Number: | 17646B |
| Object Type: | Tools and Equipment >> Maces, Sceptres, Staves >> Maces |
| Season Number: | 10: 1931-1932 |
| Description (Modern): | Mace-head of fine white limestone, a flat disk with mush-room stem resembling Egyptian types of First Pre-dynastic date. Diam. 0.11 m. With it about 70 beads of crystal, agate, carnelian, steatite and granite. Brought in and said to have been found together in a small1 |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Stone >> Sedimentary >> Limestone |
| [1] Modern description |
| [2] Material as described by Woolley |
Files
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Abu Drehm | A surface mound not far from Battha station | (none) |
- 1 Location
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ur Excavations IV; The Early Periods | Ur Excavations IV; The Early Periods | 1955 | Woolley, L. | (none) |
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:69 Page:46 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:69 Page:46 | (none) |
- 2 Media
Share
Context
References
Woolley, L. . (1955) Ur Excavations IV; The Early Periods, Oxford: Oxford University Press.