| Object Number |
B17194 |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Provenience |
Iraq | Ur |
| Archaeology Area |
PG 125 |
| Section |
Near Eastern |
| Materials |
Shell |
| Description |
CBS Register: conch shell cut and used as a lamp. decorated with engraving. (with sketch) |
| Credit Line |
British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1927 |
| Other Number |
U.8191 - Field No SF |
Current & Past Exhibitions
This object has never been on display.
Bibliography
| Zettler, Richard L., and Lee C. Horne. Treasures from the Royal Tombs of Ur. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 1998. Page/Fig./Plate: 144 |
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| Aruz, Joan. Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2003. Page/Fig./Plate: 401 |
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