Metal
Metals are material, element, compound, or alloy that is hard, opaque, shiny and has good electrical and thermal conductivity, and is malleable. They can be hammered or cast into various shapes. Soft metals like gold and silver have been used longer, with metals such as copper, bronze, and iron coming later. Alloys are the creation of a new material from the combination of two or more elements in a certain proportion. Most of the time it is hard to tell the alloys apart from original elements, like in the case of copper. This is why they are grouped together below. Metals are usually used for tools, weapons, vessels, and statues.
Metals are material, element, compound, or alloy that is hard, opaque, shiny and has good electrical and thermal conductivity, and is malleable. They can be hammered or cast into various shapes. Soft metals like gold and silver have been used longer, with metals such as copper, bronze, and iron coming later. Alloys are the creation of a new material from the combination of two or more elements in a certain proportion. Most of the time it is hard to tell the alloys apart from original elements, like in the case of copper. This is why they are grouped together below. Metals are usually used for tools, weapons, vessels, and statues.
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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6141 | (none) | (none) | B16415 | Bronze pin. E. [drawing] | |
 | 6142 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze pin. B. |
| 6145 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze pin. [drawing 1:2] |
| 6154 | (none) | (none) | B16401 | Razor. Blade of copper. Handle of Wood. E. | |
| 6158 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze (?) statue of King Dungi. Full face. King represented in the guise of a servant of the god carrying a basket held erect on his head with his two hands at the side of it. King is clean-shaven without headdress and bald. Traces of a garment of fine texture covering still remain. Broken waist round the front and sides of the body is an inscription in 6 columns running down to the egg shaped base. No legs or feet. Slim waist rounded breast perfectly symmetrical like the rest of the figure. Back hollowed and carefully modeled between arms and waist, Upper arms flattened, forearms rounded. Fringes disproportionately long. Forehead high, big eyes, thick nose with pronounced ridge, eyes, ears, mouth and chin sharply defined. Shrine of dDim-tab-ba cf. U.6301, U.6303. Text: Dim-tab-ba Temple (2) [drawing] |
| 6159 | (none) | (none) | B16411 | Bronze arrowhead. E. [drawing] | |
| 6191 | (none) | (none) | B16425 | Bronze nail. E. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 6196 | (none) | (none) | B16406 | Copper? Bracelet. Oval shaped. E. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 6199 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper mug. B. Type RC.38. Larsa period. [drawing 1:2] |
| 6236 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. Broken. Thin pieces of gold plate found within. Round base. Misshapen - front of rim lost. E. [drawing 1:3] |
| 6274 | (none) | (none) | B16419 | Bronze ring. [drawing] | |
| 6301 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper FIGURE of SHULGI. Together with the soapstone foundation TABLET U.6300- Same inscription. Shrine of dDim-tab-ba. Represents a shaven and shorn Sumerian carrying a basket on his head - wears a loin cloth. CF. U.6158, U.6303. (Also another not mentioned. (B) Text: Dim-tab-ba Temple (2) |
| 6305 | (none) | (none) | B16216, B16216 | Copper FIGURE of SHULGI. Together with soapstone Foundation Tablet U.6304- Shrine of dDim-tab-ba. Same inscription cf. U.6300 to U.6304; U.6157-8. E. Text: Dim-tab-ba Temple (2). | |
| 6401 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper knife. Broken in 3 places. [drawing] |
| 6403 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze pin. B. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6412 | (none) | (none) | B16421 | Bronze knife. Curved handle. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6413 | (none) | (none) | B16403 | Bronze prong. E. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 6421 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze prong shaped arrowhead. One end broken. B. [drawing] |
| 6422 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper? Fish hook. B. [drawing] |
| 6437 | (none) | (none) | B16435 | Curved iron knife. One end inward to to receive handle? Fragmentary? E. [drawing 1:2] | |
| 6458A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 bronze bracelets. B. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6458B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 bronze bracelets. B. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6459 | (none) | (none) | B16414 | Bronze Pin. E. | |
| 6490 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze pin. B. |
| 6492 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze pencil? B. |
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