Clay; fired
Urartian (?), 1000–800 BCE
West Asia
The British Museum
Details
Culture/Civilisation
Ancient Mesopotamia
Theme
The Great River Civilisations outside India: Mesopotamia, Egypt and China
Subtheme
Mesopotamia – The Land of the Two Rivers
Case Title
Mesopotamia - a world at war
Display Location
Coomaraswamy Hall
Findspot
Findspot: Azerbaijan (or Iran)
Measurements
30 x 25.5 x 20 cm
Accession Number
1970,1105.1
Description
Defend! Early Mesopotamian cities were protected by walls. More than a thousand years later, the model shows a fort with three strong towers and fortified gateway in Urartu, the mountainous region to the northeast.
