War. Detail from the Standard of Ur, Sumerian, 2750-2650BC. Inlay of yellow shells and reddish limestone on lapis lazuli. This is from a rectangular inlaid plaque which has been given the name "Standard of Ur" because of the subject - War and Peace. Here we see part of the three-zoned plaque depicting war.

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War. Detail from the Standard of Ur, Sumerian, 2750-2650BC. Inlay of yellow shells and reddish limestone on lapis lazuli. This is from a rectangular inlaid plaque which has been given the name "Standard of Ur" because of the subject - War and Peace. Here we see part of the three-zoned plaque depicting war.

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Keywords: 2750-2650bc, archival, archive, art, detail, historical, history, iraq, standard, sumerian, ur, war