Tumbler

Details

Title: Tumbler
Location Created: Ur, Iraq
Physical Dimensions: 15 x 9 cm
External Link: Penn Museum online collection
Medium: Electrum
Object Number: B17691
Descriptive Note: CBS Register: gold tumbler of Queen Shubad. with illustration. The two cuneiform signs that compose her name were initially read as "Shub-ad" in Sumerian. Today, however, we think they should be read in Akkadian as "Pu-abi."
Credit Line: British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1928

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