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This offering stand has a hollow trunk with two long vertical slots at the sides. There is an incised decoration around the stem, typical of Sumerian art; plants indicative of fertility and doorposts found on temple facades and in religious scenes. From the Royal Cemetery at Ur, grave PG 87, Southern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. Early Dynastic Period, 2600-2400 BCE. Part of objects allotted to the British Museum from Ur excavation season 1927-1928 CE. (The British Museum, London).
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