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Mosaic from an inlaid column at Ur, possibly from a temple entrance. Restored to original pattern.
Length: 0.37 m
Width: 0.155 m
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1948) by Reckitt, A. L.
Early Dynastic III
Circa
-2400
BCE
-
-2250
BCE
Tessera composed of pink limestone black shale mother-of-pearl
Accession number: ANE.10.1948
Primary reference Number: 87543
Oldadmincategory: O
Oldobjectnumber: WAE.10.1948
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "Column mosaic" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/87543 Accessed: 2025-01-13 11:34:06
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University of Cambridge}}
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