Sacred Precinct of Nanna, Royal Cemetery
unknown (Sumerian)
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Alternative Title
Royal Graves
Date
-2175--1975Description
For description of reconstruction of burial shaft, see:
British Museum, The Royal Graves at Ur. reconstruction, Reconstruction of the burial shaft, showing the queen's retinue and the ox drivers (1928)
Type of Work
CemeterySubject
Cemeteries, Death, Sepulchral monuments, Iraq --Antiquities, Mesopotamia, Architecture, Ancient --Iraq, Sumerians, Ur (Extinct city), Oxen, Funeral rites and ceremonies
Rights Statement
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Item is Part of
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