Gold dagger with lapis handle and sheath from the Tomb of Meskalamdug,
circa 2550 B.C. (Electrotype copy). 29-22-10a and 29-22-10b
This is an exact electrotype replica of an artifact that
was excavated by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology
and Anthropology and the British Museum at the Royal Tombs of Ur in
Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq) in the late 1920s and early 1930s. The
original was kept at the National Museum of Iraq, in Baghdad.
PHOTO CREDIT: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
