Standard of Ur

A trapezoidal wooden box inlaid with lapis lazuli, shell and red limestone, found in 1928 in one of the royal tombs of ancient Ur (now Iraq). Its two faces, known by convention as “war” and “peace”, show chariots, prisoners and soldiers on one side and a royal banquet with offerings of animals and goods on the other. It measures only 21 × 49 cm. It is in the British Museum.