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The Royal Game of Ur in the British Museum, May 2014

The Royal Game of Ur in the British Museum, May 2014

The Royal Game of Ur

Object type: game-piece

Museum number: 1928,1009.379.a

Title (series): The Royal Game of Ur

Description: Dark grey stone gaming counter with five inlaid white spots; circular.

Culture/period: Early Dynastic III

Date: 2600BC

Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Ur;
(Asia,Iraq,South Iraq,Ur (city - archaic))

Materials: stone

Technique: inlaid

Dimensions: Diameter: 0.87 inches
Depth: 0.13 inches

Bibliography: Aruz & Wallenfels 2003a no. 53b, p. 101.

Exhibition history: Exhibited: 2003 5 May-17 Aug, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 'Art of the First Cities'

Acquisition name: Division of Finds: Department of Antiquities of Iraq
Excavated by: Sir Leonard Woolley

Acquisition date: 1928

Acquisition notes: Objects allotted to the British Museum from the Ur excavations, season 1926-1927.

Department: Middle East

Text from: www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=368653

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