The "Standard of Ur" in person.

 At the British Museum today. I got to see, in person, the "Standard of Ur."  Seeing something I've been teaching for 35 years and getting to look closely at it was fun.  It's much smaller than I thought it would be, and the texture is in higher relief and the color a bit deeper.  The plaque said most of the wood was gone (I thought all of it had deteriorated) I couldn't tell if any of the wood was original.  I'll be visiting the museum for the next two or three days. Barely had the head space to look at Jericho, Mesopotamia, and Egypt.  More pics to follow.