Treasure of Ur

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The so-called Treasure of Ur is a hoard that was made in the presargonic temple palace of Mari , which lies under the southeast corner of the later Zimri Lim Palace .

The hoard was in a perfectly preserved simple clay pot. In addition to early dynastic cylinder seals , this vessel also contained a so-called Anzu bird made of lapis lazuli and gold, female statuettes made of copper and ivory , an elongated pearl with the inscription Mesanepadas , a king of Ur , and carnelian pearls with etched patterns, as they were at that time probably produced in cities of the Indus culture . Because of this inscription, André Parrot called the find the “Treasure of Ur”.

While the philologist Georges Dossin assumed that the hoard came to the city as a gift from the Mesanepada to the ruler Maris, his colleague Soden interpreted the objects as a collection of objects that should be sent to Ur by the ruler Maris. Both views must be viewed as out of date.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gregory L. Possehl: Meluhha. 1996. pp. 152-162.

literature

  • Jean-Claude Margueron: Mari and the Syro-Mesopotamian World. In: Joan Aruz (Ed.): Art of the First Cities. The Third Millennium BC from the Mediterranean to the Indus. Yale University Press, New Haven / London 2003, ISBN 0-300-09883-9 , pp. 139-147.
  • Gregory L. Possehl: Meluhha. In: Julian Reade (Ed.): The Indian Ocean In Antiquity. The British Museum / Kegan Paul International, London / New York NY 1996, ISBN 0-7103-0435-8 , pp. 133-208.