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Historical Archive: Standard of Ur

Sumerian Early Dynastic III, c. 2600-2400 BCE. From the royal cemetery, Ur (Iraq).
Lapis lazuli, shell, and red limestone, with restored bitumen and red material on restored wood box
Width 49.5 cm, height 21.6 cm. Possibly soundbox of a musical instrument. British Museum ME 121201


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War side with
person for scale 		Click to enlarge.
Scenes of war 		Click to enlarge.
Scenes of peace 		Click to enlarge.
end and scenes of
peace 		Click to enlarge.
end and scenes of
peace
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War: king's chariot
and helmeted
charioteer with axe 		Click to enlarge.
War: soldiers with
axes and spears 		Click to enlarge.
War: soldiers and
nude captives 		Click to enlarge.
War: enemy taken
captive 		Click to enlarge.
War: helmeted
soldier and
charioteer in chariot with spears
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War: fallen enemy
trampled by donkeys or onagers 		Click to enlarge.
War: fallen enemy;
helmeted soldier
and charioteer 		Click to enlarge.
Peace: king at
banquet 		Click to enlarge.
Peace: musician
with lyre and singer
(?) at banquet 		Click to enlarge.
Peace: rams
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Peace: people
carrying produce
or booty 		Click to enlarge.
end: ram at tree and
unidentified figure 		Click to enlarge.
end: man and ram 		Click to enlarge.
end: lion-headed
eagle (Anzud) and
bull-man