Hazel Gardiner is working on the Ur digitisation project, continuing the work started in the 1920s and 1930s by archaeologist C. Leonard Woolley. In this blog Hazel Gardiner describes using X-radiography and analysis to unearth the mysteries of a third millennium BC copper-alloy cauldron.
Hazel Gardiner, Project Conservator, Ur 20 February 2017
This post continues the investigation of a copper-alloy cauldron, excavated at Ur (located in present-day Iraq) in the 1920s or 1930s by the archaeologist C. Leonard Woolley. Those of you who read the previous blog post on the cauldron will remember that the cauldron, initially a sorry sight, yielded a surprising amount of information, even allowing a speculative suggestion about its provenance.
The blog concluded with the suggestion that more information could be gained through further study, X-radiography and analysis.
http://blog.britishmuseum.org/corroded-ruin-or-hidden-treasure-a-third-millennium-bc-copper-alloy-cauldron-from-ur/
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