7856
| MASCA Metallurgy Testing: | Sample 139. |
| Conservation: | 2007. University Museum Near East Section Ur Metals Conservation Treatment Project. IMLS Grant. |
| Pseudomorph: | wood and rope exist on the object. |
| Description (Catalog Card): | Copper axe. Rather slender example. One side of the socket has decayed and broken away exposing remains of wooden haft.1 |
| Description (Archival): | CBS Register: copper axe, hemispheric. socket broken in two, fragment of wooden handle. reed wrapping. sample found in Sam Nash's Metallurgy cabinets. Sample Number Ur 139 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | PG 16 |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Copper Alloy2 |
| Measurement (Catalog Card): | L. 015 Width of blade 0031 l. of socket 009 |
| U Number: | 7856 |
| Object Type: | Tools and Equipment >> Axes, Choppers, Scrapers >> Axes |
| Museum: | University of Pennsylvania Museum |
| Season Number: | 05: 1926-1927 |
| Description (Modern): | Copper Axe. Socketted. One side of the socket is broken off, exposing wood fragments on the inside. There is a raised band around the bottom of the socket, possibly for decoration. One modern metal testing hole. |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Metal >> Copper Alloy |
| Museum Number (UPM B-number): | B17418 |
| Measurement (X): | 126 |
| Measurement (Y): | 313 |
| Measurement (Y): | 604 |
| Measurement (Z): | 8 |
| [1] Woolley's description |
| [2] Material as described by Woolley |
| [3] Blade |
| [4] Socket |
Files
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | PG/16 | (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) |
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:36 Page:92 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:36 Page:92 | (none) |
- 2 Media
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Context
Ur >> Royal Cemetery | PG >> TTE >> Private Graves 1-100 >> PG/16
References
Woolley, Leonard. (1934) Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery, Oxford: Oxford University Press.