mosaic from a pillar
Description
A framed section of a mosaic pillar, with tesserae in mother-of-pearl shell, and possibly red sandstone and black stone or bitumen paste. Two thirds of the piece is created with elongated intersected triangle tesserae and a third is made up of square diamond tesserae. Set in a varnished wooden frame. Originally thought to be part of a temple pillar from the entrance of Tell al-Ubaid ( 'Al O'Baid') near Ur, also known as the Temple of Ninhursag. Two pieces of the pillars exist in the British Museum [refs 115328 and 116760]. A library index card describes this consisting of "a core of palm logs, which have perished. The outer coating was of tesserae, with mother-of-pearl, pink limestone, and black bitumenous shale."
Metadata
| Identifier | stdg4d61 |
| IRN | 772905 |
| Class Mark | OBJ 1/3 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/stdg4d61 |
| Collection(s) | |
| Category | Archive Art |
| Medium | shell, limestone, wood, shale |
| Object | width 152mm height 365mm |
| Parent Record | Artefacts collected by James Roberts Ogden |
| Date | c. 2500 BCE |
| Size and Medium | 1 framed mosaic |