12556 | 1935,0113.641

12970http://www165.123.244.137/subject/12970/12556 | 1935,0113.641

MuseumBritish Museum

Object TypeSeal Impression

Season Number07: 1928-1929

TechniqueImpressed

MaterialUnfired

U Number12556

Description (Archival)Matthews (1993) p. 68 no. 53 '12548a, BM 1935.1.13636 (138217). U12548b, BM 1935.1.13637 (138218). 1112556, BM 1935.1.13641 (138222), Not previously published. PG1332 and area. H >3.0, L >5.6. Freely arranged symbols: edinnu, UB, ?leg cross. U12556. Sealing 4.5 x 4.0 x 2.7. Two roll- ings. Smooth peg, di. 1.6. Base broken. Functional type: door peg.' Merlin: 'Description Unbaked clay sealing with seal-impression; incomplete?; worn; abraded; white deposit; friable?. Dimensions Length: 4.6 centimetres (circa.) Width: 3.6 centimetres (circa.)'

Description (Catalog Card)Seal impression.Woolley's description

Find Context (Catalog Card)as 12505 [This and the following to U.12556 came from PG 1332 and neighborhood: a layer of ancient rubbish containing interalia purposely destroyed tablets (some with traces of signs destroyed by water and, it seems, scratching). The best preserved of this lot are black, having been baked (accidentally?) in ashes.]

Material (Catalog Card)ClayMaterial as described by Woolley

Museum Number (BM Big Number)138222

Museum Number (BM Registration Number)1935,0113.641