<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color:#33ccff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/d7846927-2792-4198-9429-24ae1e38a2b2/73D92919-EFE6-4F7B-A589-AF84E9D3072C/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/tombs/explore/exp_main.html" href="http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/tombs/explore/exp_main.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.mesopotamia.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/tombs/explore/exp_main.html"><FONT face="helvetica,arial,sans-serif" color="#ffe6cd">Leonard Woolley made many exciting discoveries while excavating the 'Royal tombs' at Ur. He learnt a great deal about how people lived and what they believed by studying the burials. </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/tombs/explore/exp_main.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.mesopotamia.co.uk/img/2FC8FCA8-8CFD-4B13-AA1D-266EC244E3AF" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/tombs/explore/pg779.html" href="http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/tombs/explore/pg779.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.mesopotamia.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/tombs/explore/pg779.html"><P> <FONT face="helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><B>Explore the plan below and discover the 'Standard of Ur'.</B> </FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/tombs/explore/pg779.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.mesopotamia.co.uk/img/92D7DC2B-28AF-44CC-A41B-9D5D1BFCA5CA" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_image.aspx?image=an12545.jpg&retpage=19094" href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_image.aspx?image=an12545.jpg&retpage=19094" style="font-size: 11px;">www.britishmuseum.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_image.aspx?image=an12545.jpg&retpage=19094"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.britishmuseum.org/img/C7484F46-CE5C-47CA-8AF3-8B9EACCB2C63" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_image.aspx?image=an12542.jpg&retpage=19094" href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_image.aspx?image=an12542.jpg&retpage=19094" style="font-size: 11px;">www.britishmuseum.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_image.aspx?image=an12542.jpg&retpage=19094"><P class="caption">'Peace' panel</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_image.aspx?image=an12542.jpg&retpage=19094"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.britishmuseum.org/img/6C554F8A-263A-43CA-A4BD-5E09D8ED54AB" alt="'Peace' panel" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_image.aspx?image=an12543.jpg&retpage=19094" href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_image.aspx?image=an12543.jpg&retpage=19094" style="font-size: 11px;">www.britishmuseum.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_image.aspx?image=an12543.jpg&retpage=19094"><P class="caption">'War' panel</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_image.aspx?image=an12543.jpg&retpage=19094"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.britishmuseum.org/img/4756372D-A94C-460C-8763-CC5DE0EC615C" alt="'War' panel" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://mosaicartsource.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/the-standard-of-ur-mesopotamia-mosaic-the-british-museum-london/" href="http://mosaicartsource.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/the-standard-of-ur-mesopotamia-mosaic-the-british-museum-london/" style="font-size: 11px;">mosaicartsource.wordpress.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mosaicartsource.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/the-standard-of-ur-mesopotamia-mosaic-the-british-museum-london/">function is not yet understood</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mosaicartsource.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/the-standard-of-ur-mesopotamia-mosaic-the-british-museum-london/">the excavator at Ur, imagined that it was carried on a pole as a standard, hence its common name. Another theory suggests that it formed the soundbox of a musical instrument</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mosaicartsource.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/the-standard-of-ur-mesopotamia-mosaic-the-british-museum-london/">The main panels are known as ‘War’ and ‘Peace’. ‘War’ shows one of the earliest representations of a Sumerian army. Chariots, each pulled by four donkeys, trample enemies; infantry with cloaks carry spears; enemy soldiers are killed with axes, others are paraded naked and presented to the king who holds a spear.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mosaicartsource.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/the-standard-of-ur-mesopotamia-mosaic-the-british-museum-london/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/mosaicartsource.wordpress.com/img/DD14A519-2E72-4560-9323-9AE7DAAF7B42" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mosaicartsource.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/the-standard-of-ur-mesopotamia-mosaic-the-british-museum-london/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/mosaicartsource.wordpress.com/img/C54141BB-E9A2-45B5-B47B-79764F71204C" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mosaicartsource.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/the-standard-of-ur-mesopotamia-mosaic-the-british-museum-london/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/mosaicartsource.wordpress.com/img/D718252D-A596-4A5E-9F68-AC50A669F1C6" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mosaicartsource.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/the-standard-of-ur-mesopotamia-mosaic-the-british-museum-london/">mosaic of shell, red limestone and lapis lazuli</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mosaicartsource.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/the-standard-of-ur-mesopotamia-mosaic-the-british-museum-london/">The ‘Peace’ panel</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mosaicartsource.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/the-standard-of-ur-mesopotamia-mosaic-the-british-museum-london/">a banquet</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mosaicartsource.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/the-standard-of-ur-mesopotamia-mosaic-the-british-museum-london/">wearing woollen fleeces or fringed skirts, drink to the accompaniment of a musician playing a lyre</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Standard_of_Ur&oldid=214744590" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Standard_of_Ur&oldid=214744590" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Standard_of_Ur&oldid=214744590"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/47A9DBD8-A4F9-432F-9DFE-2BAF5F016810" alt=""Peace," detail showing lyrist." /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/73D92919-EFE6-4F7B-A589-AF84E9D3072C/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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