Embossed gold leaf with a combat scene

c. 2600 BC · Sumer

Embossed gold leaf with a combat scene, from Sumer, dated c. 2600 BC. It was found at Ur. Today it is kept at the British Museum, London.

Date

c. 2600 BC

Civilization

Sumer

Found at

Ur

Where it is today

British Museum, London

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