266http://www165.123.244.137/subject/266/MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumObject TypeJarsSeason Number01: 1922-1923TechniqueInscribedObject TypeVessels/ContainersMaterialSteatiteU Number239Description (Modern)Black steatite vessel fragment with one full bull relief and one partial lower half, extant complete bull's head turned outward as a handle, proportions imply that the vessel would have had four such bulls with heads at right angles. Other decorations include sun, moon, star, a floral design with round petals. Some bone inlay remains, much of the decoration was clearly meant for inlay. The base is very broad and flat and beveled to distinguish it from the body of the vessel. The vessel itself is squat and bellied. Part of an inscription remains on the extant section of base.Description (Catalog Card)Steatite vase. Fr of On the outside, a bull carved with the body in low relief, the head projecting in the round: behind, hind quarters of a second bull (there were presumably 4 on this vase). The body of the bull and the field of the vase are decorated with bone inlay, trefoils and dots, the moon, the sun and geometrical figures. Very fine work indeed. Underneath, on the base, remains of one side of a column of inscription.Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)T.T.B 19 below rammed earth floorMaterial (Catalog Card)SteatiteMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM B-number)B14968Museum Number (UPM B-number)B14968Modern CopiesPlaster copy in British Museum: 116617; 1923,1110.218Measurement (Catalog Card)total 1. 010 ht. 004 original diam. c. 012Measurement (Diameter)120Barrett. 1976. Near East Section, Ur, Inscribed ObjectsMeasurement (Height)100Barrett. 1976. Near East Section, Ur, Inscribed ObjectsMeasurement (Width)40Barrett. 1976. Near East Section, Ur, Inscribed ObjectsNotesInscribed. Reconstructed - made into a complete vesselData collected by British Museum research teamNotesE-nun-mah, under Kuri-Galzu floor from typed transcript