Oriental Institute
| Title | Oriental Institute |
| View | Nippur Expedition 39 |
| Series | III: Events |
| Description | Funerary vessels, ca. 500 BCE. Two large jars placed mouth to mouth to contain a body of which one jar has been broken away to reveal skeletal remains that were clothed in cloth and leather, and buried with grave goods. A joint University of Chicago-University of Pennsylvania expedition to the city of Nippur in Iraq discovered the burial beneath the living quarter of scribes. |
| Subject Terms | Scribes (People) | Nippur (Extinct city)--Antiquities | Burials--Iraq | Grave goods | Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient--Iraq | Excavations (Archaeology)--Iraq |
| Photograph Date | 1950 |
| Physical Format | Photographic prints; 24.0 x 17.1 cm |
| Location | Iraq |
| Collection | Archival Photographic Files |
| Repository | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center |
| Image Identifier | apf3-01691 |
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