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Metal Detecting Finds in Iraq

1 published discovery in the Weapons category from Iraq — coins, hoards, jewellery and artefacts recovered by detectorists and archaeologists.

Weapons from Iraq

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Famous findAbout 2600 to 2450 BC · found 1927

The Helmet of Meskalamdug: a gold wig-helmet from the Royal Cemetery of Ur, saved from the 2003 war

Iraq · WeaponsRef 257

In 1927 Leonard Woolley, excavating the Royal Cemetery at Ur in southern Iraq, found a helmet beaten from a single sheet of gold in the shape of a man's hair. Around 4,500 years old, it survived the looting of 2003 hidden in a flooded bank vault.