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Jar

SOUTHERN IRAQ
Jar
 Akkadian Period 2334 BCE-2154 BCE

Medium
earthenware

Measurements
7.9 × 10.9 cm diameter

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the British Museum, 1933

Reproduction requests

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Ur, Iraq

Inscription
incised on shoulder: (two horizontal lines crossed by a vertical line)

Accession Number
3441F-D3

Department
Antiquities

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