Detail of the Standard of Ur, showing a Sumerian War-Chariot, southern Iraq, about 2600-2400 BC. Artist: Unknown
/2580613.jpg "Detail of the Standard of Ur, showing a Sumerian War-Chariot, southern Iraq, about 2600-2400 BC. Artist: Unknown")
2-580-613 - © CM Dixon/Heritage Images
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.
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- Unknown, attributed to: :
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- Sir Charles Leonard Woolley: British: Archaeologist
- CM Dixon: British: Photographer
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- 2EKN6
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- 0370001559
- 2-580-613
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