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Picture No 10279931
Date 4th millenium BC
Description Human Sacrifice at Ur
Details

Awaiting death in a king's tomb: victims of human sacrifice-a reconstruction. An Ur king's harem, servants and bodyguard ready to be sacrificed at his burial, to form his retinue in the next world. 59 skeletons were discovered; the position of all the bodies in this illustration is as supplied by Mr. C Leonard Woolley. In the background is the tomb chamber, and on the left is the sloped approach from the ground surface. See picture 10279942 for the scene after the sacrifice.
Source Illustrated London News June 23, 1928, pp. 1172-73. A reconstruction drawing by A. Forestier, based on the actual plan
Credit © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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