19693http://www165.123.244.137/subject/19693/Object TypeTrial PiecesMuseumBritish MuseumSeason Number11: 1932-1933TechniqueImpressedCulture/PeriodUr IIIData collected by British Museum research team.TechniqueIncisedData collected by British Museum research team.Object TypeVessels/ContainersData collected by British Museum research team.MaterialUnfiredMaterialFiredData collected by British Museum research team.MaterialClayU Number18307Description (Modern)Described on Merlin as 'Seal-engraver's trial-piece; broken pottery sherd re-used and incised to produce a trial-piece for a cylinder seal showing a worshipper before a seated god.' UE VII, 252 describe it as a Jeweller's trial piece.Description (Catalog Card)Jeweller's trial piece. Fragment of a large pot of of light drab clay on which is roughly scratched the design for a cylinder seal. Subject: seated god and standing god introducing a man behind whom is an ostrich (?).Woolley's descriptionDescription (Modern)Seal-engraver's trial-piece; broken pottery sherd re-used and incised to produce a trial-piece for a cylinder seal showing a worshipper before a seated god.Data collected by British Museum research team.Find Context (Catalog Card)DiqdiqqehMaterial (Catalog Card)ClayMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (BM Registration Number)1933,1013.235Measurement (Catalog Card)L. of engraved area 60mm, W. of engraved area 42mmMeasurement (Height)59Data collected by British Museum research team.Measurement (Width)69Data collected by British Museum research team.Start Date2100BCData collected by British Museum research team.End Date2000BCData collected by British Museum research team.Fabricfine grey clayData collected by British Museum research team.