14231http://www165.123.244.137/subject/14231/MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumObject TypeSeal ImpressionSeason Number08: 1929-1930TechniqueImpressedTechniqueInscribedIconographyStarMaterialUnfiredU Number13912Description (Modern)UE 3 p. 39 no. 424: 'Pictographic inscription. Four abodes are represented by the unu sign with a spouted jar between each of them. The emblems on the top, star, eagle, &c., are too indistinct to allow a proper attribution to Ur, Uruk, or Larsa. The two posts with cross-bars between four stars are somewhat different from the usual pictograph of Adab, and may have a general meaning. Eight-pointed star on the butt-end of the cylinder. U. 13912. SIS 4. Pl. 54. (P. CBS. 31.16.675.) U. 14892. SIS 4.' Matthews (1993) p. 62 no. 4: 'U13912. UM 31.16.675. UE 3:424. UET 2:336. SIS4. H >2.8, L 7.8. Four rollings and one stamp impression. Symbols alternating with ??ller motifs: AB, ?+AB, ?+AB, ?, URI3 UNUG (Ur), AB, ?snake+ UNUG. Sealing 6.7 x 5.3 x 2.4. Smooth peg impression, di. 2.3. Two rows of string impressions. Sd di. 0.3. sg di. 0.5, TP 1.1, SSD: Z. Level base. Functional type: door peg.' Matthews (1993) p. 63 no. 4a: 'Di. 2.1, circ. 6.6. Coarse eight-pointed rosette.' UPenn db: 'UE III: pictographic inscription. Four abodes are represented by the unu sign with a spouted jar between each of them. The emblems on the top, star, eagle, &c, are two indistinct to allow a proper attribution to Ur, Uruk, or Larsa. The two posts with cross-bars between four stars are somewhat different from the usual pictograph of Adab, and may have a general meaning. Eight-pointed star on the butt-end of the cylinder. CBS Register: fragment of clay jar stopper with seal impressions. traces of strings inside. pictographs, star'Description (Catalog Card)Seal impression. Rosette, altars and vessels?? etc.Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)SIS 4Material (Catalog Card)ClayMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)31-16-675