8623 | 1928,1009.499
| Description (Catalog Card): | Stone vase. White calcite. Type XL.1 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | TTE PG 337 |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Calcite2 |
| Measurement (Catalog Card): | ht 0145 rim diam 008 |
| U Number: | 8623 |
| Museum: | British Museum |
| Object Type: | Vessels/Containers >> Closed Forms >> Jars |
| Season Number: | 05: 1926-1927 |
| Description (Modern): | Vessel |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Mineral >> Calcite Group >> Calcite |
| Museum Number (BM Big Number): | 121857 |
| Museum Number (BM Registration Number): | 1928,1009.4993 |
| [1] Woolley's description |
| [2] Material as described by Woolley |
| [3] Data collected by British Museum research team. |
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| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | PG/337 | The earliest of the royal graves found, it was identified as such after the criteria for royal graves was established. This grave appeared in Trial Trench E and was not well mapped, but reportedly contained remains of a mudbrick wall that Woolley later interpreted as the destroyed tomb chamber associated with a death pit. | (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:39 Page:59 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:39 Page:59 | (none) |
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References
Woolley, Leonard. (1934) Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery, Oxford: Oxford University Press.