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  • U Number : 17824

    Description (Catalog Card) : Sculptor's trial piece. On a fragment of white limestone. Sketch for seated god; for a cylinder seal.

  • U Number : 18307
    Museum Number (BM Registration Number) : 1933,1013.235

    Description (Catalog Card) : Jeweller's trial piece. Fragment of a large pot of of light drab clay on which is roughly scratched the design for a cylinder seal. Subject: seated god and standing god introducing a man behind whom is an ostrich (?).

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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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