Collection Online

Browse by artist name

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
Sherd

Sherd
 4500 BCE-3750 BCE

Medium
earthenware
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the British Museum, 1933
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
earthenware
Measurements
4.5 × 4.8 cm
Place/s of Execution
Ur, Iraq
Accession Number
3438N-D3
Department
Antiquities
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the British Museum, 1933
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

Explore the collection

Fragment of a door jamb EGYPT Flask EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, (Syria) Cheek piece from a horse bit IRAN, Luristan Beaker SYRIA Squat lekythos (Gnathia ware) ITALY, Gnathia The Crossing of the Red Sea Nicolas POUSSIN Fragment of brick IRAQ, (Babylon) Jug SYRIA Pelike (Gnathian ware) SOUTH ITALY Bowl SYRIA / CYPRUS Aryballos ITALY, Etruria Clifton House Wenceslaus HOLLAR; Richard HALL (draughtsman) Linen bandage EGYPT Top of a small obelisk EGYPT Foundation cone IRAQ, Ur Aryballos (Etrusco-Corinthian ware) ITALY, Etruria Comb EGYPT, Diospolis Parva Aryballos GREECE, Corinth Vase EGYPT Flask EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN Foundation cone IRAQ, Ur Small jar EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN / ITALY Dropping a Han Dynasty urn AI Weiwei Alabastron (Gnathia ware) SOUTH ITALY Sculptor's model for the head of a king EGYPT Unguent bottle EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN / ITALY / GAUL Geometric wreath mosaic NORTH COAST OF AFRICA, (Carthage) Clay tablet IRAQ Aryballos (Italo-Corinthian ware) GREECE, Corinth Lid of pyxis (South Italian red-figure ware) ITALY, Apulia