<P> The Standard of Ur is an artifact , a hollow wooden box measuring 21.59 centimetres ( 8.50 in ) wide by 49.53 centimetres ( 19.50 in ) long , inlaid with a mosaic of shell , red limestone and lapis lazuli . It 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>
<P> The Standard of Ur is an artifact , a hollow wooden box measuring 21.59 centimetres ( 8.50 in ) wide by 49.53 centimetres ( 19.50 in ) long , inlaid with a mosaic of shell , red limestone and lapis lazuli . It 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>
the two sides of the standard of ur depict
the two sides of the standard of ur depict
war and peace
war and peace