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bibliography and image source: Strommenger, Eva: Fünf Jahrtausende Mesopotamien. München: Hirmer Verlag, pl. XV.

• museum number: IM8269

• excavation number: -

• provenience: Ur (Royal Cemetery)

• dimension(s) (in cm):
height: 22; max. diam: 26

• material: gold

• date: (ca. 2400 BC)

• description:
helmet; made of gold sheet, reliefed decoration imitates royal hair style; holes drilled along sides presumably to attach inset

• status: reportedly in vault of National Bank

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