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Sumer

Sumer. Shell plaque from 'Queen' Puabi's Grave. Shell plaque from 'Queen' Puabi's Grave. Ur, southern Iraq, about 2600-2400 BC Presumed to have been a decoration on a lyre or harp

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Sumer

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  1. Sumer

  2. Shell plaque from 'Queen' Puabi's Grave

  3. Shell plaque from 'Queen' Puabi's Grave Ur, southern Iraq, about 2600-2400 BC Presumed to have been a decoration on a lyre or harp Shell was often combined with coloured stones like lapis lazuli to decorate wooden goods like musical instruments and furniture - specialised craftsmanship Shell came from the gulf - trade

  4. Queen's lyre from Ur

  5. Queen's lyre from Ur From Ur, southern Iraq, about 2600-2400 BC Decorated with shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone & gold Discovered along with sacrificial victims Discovered by Leonard Woolley: plaster of Paris poured in depression left by decayed wood thus preserving decorations in their appropriate place Reconstructed once and then again in the 70s

  6. Beads and pedants

  7. Beads and pedants • Ur, southern Iraq, about 2600-2400 BC • From a 'royal' grave • Possibly offerings • Gold, lapis lazuli, carnelian, silver obtained through trade or conquest • Highly skilled gold-work • Lapis-lazuli from Afghanistan

  8. The 'Standard' of Ur

  9. The 'Standard' of Ur • From Ur about 2600-2400 BC • Original function not understood • Speculation that it was a standard or a soundbox • Sumerian army: chariots pulled by donkeys. Spears, axes, prisoners • Banquet: animals, fishes, woollen fleeces, skirts • Present restoration a 'best guess'

  10. The Royal Game of Ur

  11. The Royal Game of Ur • From Ur about 2600-2400 BC • One of the most popular games in the ancient world

  12. The 'Ram in a Thicket'

  13. The 'Ram in a Thicket' • From Ur about 2600-2400 BC • Woolley's name for the object is a biblical allusion • Goats one of the early animals to be domesticated • Gold, copper, lapis lazuli, shell, red limestone • Complex process of preservation

  14. Cylinder seal of Pu-abi

  15. Cylinder seal of Pu-abi • From Ur, around 2600 BC • Used to roll an impression on wet clay • Administrative tool • 'Pu-abi nin' • Banquet scene • Ownership indicates importance

  16. Record of food supplies

  17. Record of food supplies • Southern Iraq circa 3000 BC • Pictographs made by drawing sharp stick or reed across clay • Head with bowl in top left corner represents eating

  18. Find out more about ancient Sumer Visit the main Museum website www.britishmuseum.org Use Explore to look at objects from Sumer www.britishmuseum.org/explore/introduction.aspx Learn more about Sumer www.ancientmesopotamia.co.uk

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