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  • U Number : 655A

    Museum Number (UPM B-number) : B14974
    Description (Catalog Card) : Fragment of a bowl with fine white limestone, virtually marble; rather more than 1/2 preserved. Flat base. (below) RC.19L. [drawing]

  • U Number : 6001

    Description (Catalog Card) : Rectangular label. Black steatite. Inscribed with text in 6 vertical columns on side, 8 on other. Pierced vertices. Dated Shilgi year 36 (=48). Basket of tablets: barley issued from the wood-store; cash from the income office, barley balance presented to the farmer; sesame seed; thread; dates brought in and balance of interest. There are 11 clay tablets, 1 total of gifts. The 13th month after the building of Duramati. H.C. In text: 9h3 [drawing 1:1]

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      • 1Bowls
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  • 101: 1922-1923
  • 104: 1925-1926
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Ur Online

Ur Online offers an insight into the unique site of Ur, near Nasiriyah in southern Iraq, and one of the largest and most important cities of ancient Mesopotamia. Excavations at Ur between 1922 and 1934 by Sir Leonard Woolley, jointly sponsored by the British Museum and the Penn Museum, uncovered Ur’s famous ziggurat complex, densely packed private houses, and the spectacular Royal Graves. Half the finds from Woolley’s excavations are housed in the Iraq Museum in Baghdad, with the other half shared equally between the British Museum and the Penn Museum. Through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation, lead underwriter, the Kowalski Family Foundation and the Hagop Kevorkian Fund, Ur Online preserves digitally and invites in-depth exploration of the finds and records from this remarkable site. Learn more about the project.

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