Cosmetic Shell
30-12-117
From: Iraq | Ur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 30-12-117 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Ur |
| Period | Early Dynastic III |
| Date Made | 2500 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Shell | Pigment |
| Description | Ten cockle shells. green. Pale green lump. contains: carbonate, copper, lead (small), phosphate, iron (small), calcium (small), magnesium (small), aluminum (small), possibly malachite, natural copper carbonate containing the other metals as oxides carbonates or phosphates. CBS Register: no field number. 10 cockle shells. traces of colour. green. -two have no designation, but c,d,e,f,g,h, and j are accounted for |
| Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1930 |
| Other Number | B17836 - Old Museum Number |
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