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)
1168 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Grey steatite. With device of winged animal rampant between two supporting human figures. The animal faces right, and between left man and the animal a scorpion stands in the field. Inscribed: -Ba-da-da mar Ma-li.
847 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Gilgamesh and his friend killing their favorite winged gryphon. Fairly good work.
685 (none) (none) B15249 Cylinder seal. Back steatite. Subject: a seated god approached by 2 supplicants: above, the sun: the composition is divided up by a roughly rendered rope(?) pattern which coils above the god and first supplicant and below the second.[drawing]
6630 (none) (none) B16293 Cylinder seal. Pink steatite. Shamash rising from between two mountains, right hand on one mountain, top left hand supporting notched weapon. Two porters each opening gate, betweeen them high pedestal. 2500 BC? E.
6002 (none) (none) B16287 Cylinder seal. Grey steatite. Below, figure Gilgamesh? prostrate above, offering to Ea, heraldic animals, etc. c. BC 2300. ? Brick. VII
1173 (none) (none) (none) Stone cylinder seal. Black stone. Engraved with figures in 2 registers: upper register presentation to god; lower register, frieze of swans swimming to right. [drawing 1:1]
6065 (none) (none) B16300 Cylinder seal. Black steatite. 3 grooves in middle divider scene, seated god and introduction of votary from 4 swans on lower half. About BC 2700. E.
7121 (none) (none) B16289 Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Palm branch between 2 worshippers, who hold hand upraised. Attributes: Crescent moon, Rampant Lion. 2400 BC. E.
(none) (none) (none) (none) unknown
6872 (none) (none) B16315 Seal. Stone. Convex on one side, flat on the other. Round incisions on the flat side. Pierced. Before 3000 BC. B.
20 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Steatite Greenish-grey. Seated figure of a divinity rt, before whom 5 standing figures.
1544 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Standing deity (Marduk) and seated deity with altar between and tree at back.
1545 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black stone. With figures faintly distinguishable.
629 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Well engraved with standing figure of a suppliant l. facing a seated goddess(?) rt = the crescent moon between. Three columns of inscription. 3rd Dynasty style.
7126 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Crystal. Grey. Linear markings. B.
1265 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal the device mostly obliterated, but containing 3 lines inscription. Sa-ku-gi; mar Lugal-ka-gi; amel (?) DIM.
1636 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Steatite. With roughly engraved device of introduction ceremony, and inscription of 2 lines. Ur-dub: dumu Ur-d.Kal
6267 (none) (none) (none) Terracotta fragment. Nude female carrying a vase in what is probably a wicker basket? [drawing 1:1]
1187 (none) (none) (none) Black steatite cylinder-seal with device of "introduction" to a god, who faces right with crescent over him. Inscribed: - IM-ti-dam; mar I-li-mi.
6859 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Introductory scene. Female being introduced to seated seated goddess. Spread eagle and goose. B.
6934 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Inscribed. Introduction of votary by minor goddess to seated nannar. Attribute: crescent moon scorpion. Ur dNannar. Servant of Shamesh. B. IIIrd Ur Dynasty 2300BC.
6521 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Presentation to a seated deity. Crescent. Rampant lion. Five headed club. About BC 2200. B.
6982 (none) (none) B16285 Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Scene of worship. Votary introduced by minor god to seated Shamash. Attributes Tripod. About BC 2400. 2300 BC?
1706 (none) (none) B15594 Cylinder seal. Light brown stone. With traces of archaic design of fishes.
6749 (none) (none) (none) Ea with streams of waters and overflowing pods below his throne. Didaba sealing on ears of corn. IIIrd Ur Dynasty.