Title: Ur Excavations X; Seal Cylinders     
Date: 1951     
Author: Legrain, Leon, and Woolley, Leonard     
Publisher: Oxford University Press     
Publication place: Oxford     

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Object U Number Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) Museum Number (BM Registration Number) Museum Number (UPM B-number) Description (Catalog Card)
6950 (none) 1948,0423.429 (none) Seal impression on clay from tablet envelope III Ur Dynasty. Worshipper introduced to sealed goddess Ishtar-Ninni. Small lion below her throne. Kneeling Gilgamesh with spouting vase Nu-ili, scribe, nu[ ].
6962 (none) (none) (none) Fragment of clay tablet with seal impress. dShulgi, mighty man, king of Ur; Lud En-zu, minister, son of Aradda [ ]. Text: Habalule patesi of Adab. H.C.
7035A (none) 1948,0423.261 (none) No catalog card exists for this object: U.7033-U.7064 were duplicated with the duplicates assigned to tablets from Season 5. They were originally part of U.7839, a large group of tablets found in Area SM (Jacobsen AJA 57:128). They were later given individual numbers that were believed to fall between Seasons 4 and 5, but ended up duplicating numbers assigned to objects from Season 4. The duplicates have been given the subletter A (or additional subletter where multiple objects were indicated on the original card) in this database while the original object from the catalog card retains the number without subletter (or the original subletters assigned on the card).
7016A (none) (none) (none) (none)
6732 (none) (none) (none) Clay sealing with seal impression. Servant of Ibi-Sin ([transcribed symbol here]) son of Ahua, patesi of Pushki. H.C.
6343 (none) (none) (none) Clay sealing with seal impression. Royal seal. [First column of text on card] dIbi ilSin: God of the land mighty king of Ur king of the 4 regions of the world. [Second column of text on card] Da-da pateris of Nippur Scon of Ur(-sag...) patersi of Nippur thy servant. [the following is below both columns on the card] Presentation to seated moon-god. H.C.
6746 (none) 1948,0423.5 (none) Tablet [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
6747 (none) 1948,0423.4 (none) Clay tablet. Deed of sale of male slave. Dated. Bur-Sin 6th. Seals 10) Emah kidug, scribe, son of Bangi 20) Urd a-kam, son of Dadaa, nuba-da of Adab. H.C.
7014A (none) (none) (none) (none)
6704 (none) (none) (none) Clay label with seal impression. Nannar-shagga, scribe, sone of Nannar-azag-ab(?), annointer of the apsu of Nannar, servant of dDim-tabba Cf. U.6300.
6483 (none) 1927,0527.194 (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Inscribed. Bur-a-mu. Son of Hu-hu-a the metal worker (precious metal). About BC 2400.
6687 (none) (none) B16310, B16310 Cylinder seal. Black hematite. Inscribed. Shamash, worshipper and goddess. Servant of Sin and servant of Nin-Shah. E. 1st Babylonian dynasty 2000 BC.
448 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Subject: a god standing and two worshippers one on each side of him. Very poor, scratchy work.
776 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. 2 fig of adorants approaching a god l. with crescent above: behind, 4 small fig. in 2 registers: good work.
6981 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Worshipping Ishtar. Goddess stands on two lions. She is front face, her hair hanging on shoulders and holds a club (caduceus). Two divine attendants (horned mitra) precede the worshipper - The first carries a club, the second a palm (?) Cresent. Sun. Squat monkey. About BC 2100. (Not dealt with in Roayl Cemetery) [appear to be a publication note] B.
6806 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Limestone? Grey. Geometrical and floral decoration. Decorated with heavily incised concentric circles and petals. E. [drawing]
2796 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Martu period. About BC 2100. [drawing]
6983 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Grey steatite. 4 standing figures. Attributes: crescent moons. About BC 2000. B.
1462 (none) (none) (none) Relief fragment. Clay. Top with part of a human figure holding uncertain object in outstretched hand.
126 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Coarse white marble (?) With black veins, chipped. Two birds: very rough work: late. [drawing 1:1]
6998 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. 2 birds with spread wings. Star. Crescent. About BC 800. B.
6189 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Pink marble. Bel-Marduk holding two rampant bulls - crescent and star. Time of Assyrian influence about BC 800. B.
6020 (none) 1927,0527.201 (none) Stamp seal, flattened hemispherical -obverse convex- top with decorative workings - 3 parallel lines running across centre and 4 concentric circles in corners. White steatite. Two Sumerian - man & wife bring as an offering a goat (?) and a vase of milk. diam. 0022 width 0004 About BC 3500. photograph 554 E.
1423 (none) (none) B15596 Stamp seal. Square button in terracotta with rude incised device of a bird standing among plants. [drawing]
6066 (none) (none) B16292 Seal. Black steatite. Triangular shape scorpion and? Lizard? About BC 2600. E.