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