Excerpt from Ur Excavations, Vol. 2: The Royal Cemetery; A Report on the Predynastic and Sargonid Graves Excavated Between 1926 and 1931; Text The objects found in the course of the excavations have been divided between Baghdad, London, and Philadelphia. In accordance with the Antiquities Law of Iraq the Government of the country has the right of first choice, and actually rather more than half the entire collection is now in the Baghdad Museum. To the past and present Directors of Antiquities In Iraq I give my thanks for their impartial administration of the law and their unfailing encouragement of scientific research. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.