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366:, which were only introduced a millennium later. The wagon scene evolves from left to right in a way that emphasizes motion and action through changes in the depiction of the animals' gait. The first wagon team is shown walking, the second cantering, the third galloping and the fourth rearing. Trampled enemies are shown lying under the hooves of the latter three groups, symbolizing the potency of a wagon attack.
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The scenes depicted in the mosaics were reflected in the tombs where the "Standard" was found. The skeletons of attendants and musicians were found accompanying the remains of the kings, as was equipment used in both the "War" and "Peace" scenes of the mosaics. Unlike ancient
Egyptian tombs, the dead
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The lower register shows four wagons, each carrying a driver and a warrior (carrying either a spear or an axe) and drawn by a team of four equids. The wagons are depicted in considerable detail; each has solid wheels (spoked wheels were not invented until about 1800 BCE) and carries spare spears in a
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Standard of Ur is not conclusively understood. Woolley's suggestion that it represented a standard is now thought unlikely. It has also been speculated that it was the soundbox of a musical instrument. Paola Villani suggests that it was used as a chest to store funds for
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glue which had cemented the mosaics in place. The soil's weight had crushed the object, fragmenting it and breaking its end panels. This made excavating the
Standard a challenging task. Woolley's excavators were instructed to look for hollows in the ground created by decayed objects and to fill them
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Inlaid mosaic panels cover each long side of the
Standard. Each presents a series of scenes displayed in three registers: upper; middle; and bottom. The two mosaics have been dubbed "War" and "Peace" for their subject matter, respectively a representation of a military campaign and scenes from a
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The present form of the artifact is a reconstruction, presenting a best guess of its original appearance. It has been interpreted as a hollow wooden box measuring 21.59 cm (8.50 in) wide by 49.53 cm (19.50 in) long, inlaid with a
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Standard of Ur may have been intended to depict these two complementary concepts of Sumerian kingship.
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in 1927–28 uncovered the artifact in the corner of a chamber, lying close to the shoulder of a man who may have held it on a pole. For this reason, Woolley interpreted it as a
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860:Settemila anni di strade
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2053:Hoxne Hoard
1891:Lyres of Ur
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1861:Blacas ewer
1838:Middle East
1531:Burgon vase
1431:Wardak Vase
1344:David Vases
1251:Min Palette
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1114:and objects
1112:Departments
1093:Great Court
995:Podcast of
517:Lyres of Ur
509:Asia portal
293:Description
271:Mesopotamia
263:Ur-Pabilsag
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1791:Discobolus
1661:Meroë Head
1616:Harpy Tomb
1384:Klang Bell
927:2013-03-27
662:2010-12-05
552:References
350:(possibly
113:46°06′22″E
110:30°57′41″N
95:Discovered
2292:Directors
1626:Isis Tomb
1389:Kulu Vase
1203:and Sudan
1132:Akan Drum
1031:Object 12
592:0036-8733
566:"ORIGINS"
324:limestone
216:Nasiriyah
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1443:and Rome
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495:See also
275:standard
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214:west of
192:artifact
189:Sumerian
176:Sumerian
154:, London
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282:bitumen
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237:History
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468:Video
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187:is a
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