Door socket with cuneiform inscription of Ur-Nammu

Details

• Title

  Door socket with cuneiform inscription of Ur-Nammu

• Associated place

  Asia › Iraq › Abu Shahrain (possible) (possible find spot)

• Date

  2100 BC

• Material and technique

  grey stone

• Object type

  architecture › door-socket

• Dimensions

  40 x 34 x 13 cm (length x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Henrietta May Connaught Grimshaw, 2011.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN2011.42

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