Crushed skull & head-dress of a woman. (Updated over a year ago)

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SUMERIAN EARLY DYNASTIC Anonymous (2900 BCE - 2730 BCE): Early Dynastic III. From the Great Death-Pit in the Royal Cemetery at Ur where 73 bodies were found. This skull of body no. 53 had been crushed by the weight of the soil during burial.

Tags: ancient , applied arts , mesopotamian , sumerian

Added to CSU World Image Archive on October 24, 2007.

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