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Inscribed brick: ANE.1.2003

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Current Location: Gallery 23

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Description

Brick, inscribed with text naming Shulgi, King of Ur

Measurements and weight

Height: 0.18 m
Width: 0.175 m

Place(s) associated

  • Ur ⪼ Iraq

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2003) by Caesar, P.

Dating

Third Dynasty of Ur
-2094 BCE - -2047 BCE

Materials used in production

Clay

Techniques used in production

Stamped (marked)

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: ANE.1.2003
Primary reference Number: 93533
Oldobjectnumber: WAE.1.2003
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 6 December 2016 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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