Model of Mud House
- Made:
- 6000-5000BCE in Mesopotamia and Hassuna
Model of a mud brick house at Tell Hassuna, Mesopotamia (Iraq), 6000-5000 BC
This model is based on a house that was excavated in Jericho, one of the world's first cities. The bricks were made of straw with a binder of fine mud, hardened in the hot sun.
Details
- Category:
- Civil Engineering
- Object Number:
- 1979-616
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified), plaster, stone and complete
- Measurements:
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overall: 310 mm x 600 mm x 800 mm,
box 20 weight: 32.7 kg
object weight:
- type:
- models, houses and sun-dried bricks
- credit:
- Veale, P.