feb 16, 2600 BC - Standard of Ur

Description:

Date: 2,600 BCE ~ 2,400 BCE

Artist: unkown

Medium: wood inlayed with shell,
lapis lazuli and limestone

Location:
original: Royal Tombs of Ur, Iraq
current: British Museum, London

Function:
- two sides that shows war on one side and peace on the other side
- historical narrative
- holder of currency used to pay for the war
- music box
- very small to be easiliy carried around

Forms:
- Colorful mosaic tiles made from shell , red limestone , blue lapis lazuli, set in bitumen
- the material as all not local so it needed to be brought in somehow

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