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Artefacts collected by James Roberts Ogden
Ogden, James Roberts (1865-1940)
2000 BCE-1940
This collection includes jewellery, beads, ornaments, seals, coins, pottery, cuneiform tablets, facsimilie objects and glass slides. Many items are said to be from Ur, ancient Mesopotamian (now Iraq)...
brown paper packaging
c.1940
Original brown paper packaging for three items with a label reading "A picture of the head and headdress of one of the princesses of Ur. A picture of the mother-of-pearl column from El O'Baid, etc. Fr...
mosaic from a pillar
c. 2500 BCE
A framed section of a mosaic pillar, with tesserae in mother-of-pearl shell, and possibly red sandstone and black stone or bitumen paste. Two thirds of the piece is created with elongated intersect...
enamelled bricks
c. 600 BCE
A deep wooden frame with a brass carrying handle and wooden stand for display, containing 6 samples of coloured enamel bricks set into edged insets. A white plastic label states that at least one pie...
framed article about temple and artefacts of Ur and El-Obeid
c. 1925
A framed and glazed montage of 3 article illustrations, with 2 colour illustrations showing a reconstructed impression of the Temples of El-Obeid (Tell Al-Ubaid) and Ur (from materials found), 1 photo...
neckace of semi-precious stones
c. 2000 BCE - 1940
A blue and orange semi-precious stone beaded necklace containing intermittent gold beads, restrung in the 20th century with multi-coloured silk [?] tassel ends (102 stone beads graduating in size, 6 g...
framed article "A Princess of Ur: a remarkable reconstruction now on view at the British Museum"
1930
A framed and glazed article extracted from The Sphere August 30, 1930 : published by London Illustrated Newspapers.
worked lapis lazuli
c.2100 - 2000 BCE
A triangular section of carved lapis lazuli, worked with a striped design of curved ridges. One corner is chipped. There are three holes through the width of the item, which could be a piece of beadw...
replica beaker
c.1929
A silver gilt replica of an original drinking cup or beaker found in the royal tombs at Ur in 1928. The vessel is fluted with a narrower base, with small bands of zigzag and chevron decoration engrav...
cylinder seal and impression
c. 2500-2000 BCE
A cylinder seal with a hole through it, described as 'green stone', and an impression which has been cracked into three pieces and later joined together. A separate pink impression is loose. In list...
cylinder seal and impressions
c.1800 BCE
A cylinder seal with a hole through it is slightly chipped. It is boxed with a white impression, which had been broken in two pieces and later joined together. A separate pink impression is loose. ...
cylinder seal and impressions
c.2400-2300 BCE
A cylinder seal of lapis lazuli has a hole through it . It is boxed with a white impression. A separate pink impression is loose. The label reads "Lapis lazuli cylinder seal" In listings it is des...