Description (Media Properties): Ur Albums Photo Provisional     
Title: Provisional Field Photo Album     
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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)
12704H (none) 1929,1017.371 (none) Group: [A] (1) Stone vase. White calcite. Type same as U.12277 [Type] LII. [B] (2) Stone vase. White calcite. Spill type. [drawing 1:5] [C] (3) Stone bowl grey steatite. Broken but complete [Type] LXXXVI. [D] (4) Stone bowl. White calcite. [Type] LIII. [drawing 2:5] [E] (5) Three silver finger rings: corroded together - only one intact - consisting of 3 1/2 coils of fine wire. [F] (6) Remains of copper pin with fluted lapis ball head. Type V B. [G] (7) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. 2 registers. Above: spread eagles and rampant gazelles (?). Below: Gazelles. [H] (8) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Rampant lions crossed and gazelles. [I] (9) Beads. Lapis bugles and double conoids. Carnelian bugles and rings and some silver wire pendants much decayed. See field note. The silver spiral pendants had 4 circles of spiral coils made out of a single strip of wire thus [reference to drawing]. [drawing] [J] Also in the necklace a minute lapis lazuli frog amulet. [K] Round forehead thin gold ribbon. [drawing] [L] Large double conoid carnelian beads and a few bugles and one calcite bead shaped thus [reference to drawing], diamond shaped in section.
12765 (none) 1929,1017.352 (none) Cylinder seal of grey-brown steatite (?). Geometric design.
12092 (none) (none) (none) Terracotta snake. In high relief on broken potsherd. Vase itself was probably a large full bellied bowl. Tail of snake missing. Incised circles on snakes body represented spots on skin.
12767F (none) (none) (none) [A-G] Clay figurines of animals.
12770 (none) 1928,1010.806 (none) Clay figurine. Fragment. Hand modelled in dark reddish clay and baked [drawing 1:1]
12611 (none) (none) (none) Terracotta plaque. Above: a bearded deity full face down to the waist: arms held horizontally, each hand resting against the breast. On either side of the figure are undulating vertical lines possibly representing fire. Immediately below the waist of the figure is the upper horizontal of a rectangular (plaque?). Between the upper and the lower horizontal are 5 dwarf-like figures only one of which (the central figure) can be distinguished as human. This figure stands in the same position as the upper deity, tip of head resting against upper horizontal. The 4 smaller figures appear to have feet but no heads. On the upper and the lower horizontals are circles in relief possibly rosette decorations?
12624 (none) 1928,1010.811 (none) Terracotta mask. Grotesque. Head of Puzuzu. Perforated on either side of eye to allow of attachment to some other material. [drawing 1:1]
12787 (none) (none) (none) Terracotta relief. Fragment of moulded female figure, full face, wearing Kalathos headdress and dress with pleated flounces, the hair in 2 heavy side loops. Right hand raised to shoulder with fingers extended, left hand held below breasts. Broken off at waist. Crescent moons on background (incised).
12789 (none) (none) (none) Terracotta figure. Fragment of moulded. The common 'tambourine-player' type with head bent foreward and beaked nose, the dress decorated with spots in relief. Broken off at waist.
12790 (none) (none) (none) Terracotta relief. Fragment of female figure, full face, nude, holding and suckling an infant. Poor model. Broken off at waist.
12791 (none) (none) (none) Terracotta relief. Fragment of a moulded female figure, full face, nude, with hands clasped below breasts : a bead collar round neck. The face is curiously large and broad, the body disproportionately small.
12781 (none) (none) (none) Terracotta figure. Moulded. Head missing. Bearded male figure, full face, with hands clasped below breast, wearing a skirt at 3 tiers of flounces from waist to knees: nude above belt.
12783 (none) (none) (none) Clay figure. Moulded. Seated female figure, full face wearing horned crown and dress in pleated flounces to feet : in background 2 crescent moons.
12784 (none) (none) (none) Terracotta relief. Moulded. Female figure full face, with hands clasped below breasts : nude to waist and wearing below the waist a plain skirt to the ankles.
12785 (none) 1928,1010.815 (none) Terracotta figurine. Moulded. Female figure, full face, nude, hands clasped below breasts. Hair dressed with vertical lines to to forehead and heave back full with horizontal waves. Good model. Broken off at hips.
11407 (none) 1928,1010.814 (none) Terracotta figurine. Head only: moulded. Nude goddess with elaborated coiffure and big earrings. Unusually good modelling. [drawing 1:1]
11505 (none) (none) (none) Terracotta relief. Part of: moulded: goddess with flat cap and flounced dress, full face (preserved to the hips only): rt. hand is raised & holds a sickle (?): in the 1. arm an infant (?). [drawing 1:1]
12758 (none) (none) (none) Clay relief. Moulded. Fragment: upper part (from navel) of nude female tambourine-player with big wig and elaborate headdress. [drawing 1:1]
12762 (none) (none) (none) Terracotta relief. Fragment : hand modelled. Head of goddess between two ears of barley (?). [drawing 1:1]
12763 (none) 1928,1010.812 (none) Clay figurine. Moulded. Fragment of female figure. [drawing 1:1]
11408 (none) (none) (none) Terracotta relief. Fragment cf. from waist downwards, nude fig. of man advancing rt. Very good modelling and fine impression from the mould. [drawing]
12750 (none) (none) (none) Clay figurine fragment hand modelled. Male (?) figure in attitude of prayer. [drawing 1:1]
12754 (none) (none) (none) Terracotta relief. Fragment from back of model bedstead with seated draped figure. [drawing 1:1]
12756 (none) (none) (none) Clay relief. Moulded nude male figure (mouth deformed) [drawing 1:1]
12792 (none) (none) (none) Clay figure. Fragment of nude female, full front, broken off at navel.

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