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Detail of the Standard of Ur, showing a Sumerian War-Chariot, southern Iraq, about 2600-2400 BC. Artist: Unknown
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Title:
Detail of the Standard of Ur, showing a Sumerian War-Chariot, southern Iraq, about 2600-2400 BC. Artist: Unknown
Caption:
Detail of the Standard of Ur, showing a Sumerian War-Chariot, from a Royal tomb at Ur, southern Iraq, about 2600-2400 BC. The main panels are known as 'War' and 'Peace'. The 'War' panel shows one of the earliest representations of a Sumerian army. Inlay of shell, red limestone, and lapis lazuli in Bitumen on a hollow box. From the British Museum's collection.
Personalities:
Credit:
Album / CM Dixon / Heritage Images
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Model: No - Property: No
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Image size:
4285 x 4101 px | 50.3 MB
Print size:
36.3 x 34.7 cm | 14.3 x 13.7 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
ANCIENT CITY • ANT. OR.: UR, MESOPOTAMIA • ARCHAEOLOGICAL • ARCHAEOLOGY • ARTEFACT • ARTIFACT • BANNER • BRITISH MUSEUM • BURIAL CHAMBER • BURIAL • CEMETERY: UR, MESOPOTAMIA (IRAQ) • CHARIOT • CHARIOTEER • CHARLES LEONARD WOOLLEY • CHARLES LEONARD • CHIARIOTEER • CITY • COLOR • COLOUR • CONCEPT • COUNTRY • DEATH • EARTHWORK • EXCAVATION • EXCAVATIONS • FLAG • FLAGS • FUNERAL CHAMBER • GROUNDWORK • IRAQ • LAPIS LAZULI • LIMESTONE • LOCATION • MAUSOLEUM • MESOPOTAMIA • MESOPOTAMIA: UR • MESOPOTAMIAN • MOSAIC • MUSEUM • NAVVYING • PEOPLE • PROCESSION • ROAD TRANSPORT • ROYAL • ROYALTY • SEPULCHRAL • SHELL • SIR CHARLES LEONARD WOOLLEY • SIR CHARLES LEONARD • SOLDIER • SOLDIERS • STANDARD OF UR • STANDARD • SUMER • SUMERIAN • TOMB • TRANSPORT • TRANSPORTATION • UR • UR, MESOPOTAMIA • UR: STANDARD • WAR • WOOLLEY
