<Tr> <Th> Discovered </Th> <Td> Royal Cemetery </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Present location </Th> <Td> British Museum, London </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Identification </Th> <Td> 121201 Reg number: 1928, 1010.3 </Td> </Tr> <P> The Standard of Ur comes from the ancient city of Ur (located in modern - day Iraq south of Baghdad). It dates to the Early Dynastic period and is c. 4,600 years old . The standard was probably constructed in the form of a hollow wooden box with scenes of war and peace represented on each side through elaborately inlaid mosaics . Although interpreted as a standard by its discoverer, its original purpose remains enigmatic . It was found in a royal tomb in Ur in the 1920s next to the skeleton of a ritually sacrificed man who may have been its bearer . It is now on display, in a reconstructed form, in the British Museum in London . </P>

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