11661 | 30-12-37 - UrOnline

Technique:	Decoration >> Subtraction >> Impressed
Iconography:	Geometric Decoration >> Crescent ¹
Iconography:	Human/zoomorphic >> Position >> Holding Other
Iconography:	Human/zoomorphic >> Body Parts >> Head
Iconography:	Human/zoomorphic >> Position >> Hand Raised
Iconography:	Human/zoomorphic >> Position >> Standing
Iconography:	Accessories >> Headwear >> Headdress/Crown >> Horned Headdress
Iconography:	Human/zoomorphic >> Worshipper
Iconography:	Mythical Figure >> Deity
Iconography:	Type >> Ritual
Technique:	Decoration >> Subtraction >> Inscribed

Description (Catalog Card):	Cylinder. Grey steatite. 2 persons saluting crescent on staff. Inscribed : SudMI-IB dumu Ku-edin dam-gar.²
Find Context (Catalog Card):	Brought in
Material (Catalog Card):	Steatite⁴
Material (Catalog Card):	Diorite⁴
Measurement (Catalog Card):	L. 21mm, D. 11mm

U Number:	11661
Object Type:	Seals, Stamps, and Sealings >> Cylinder Seals
Museum:	University of Pennsylvania Museum
Season Number:	07: 1928-1929
Description (Modern):	CBS Register. Ur 1928-9, Season VII. Cylinder Seal. Diorite. crescent, worshipper. Gimil il Gir-luin dum Ku Sagli dam-re. UE Vol. X: worshippers on either side of a crescent on a pole. Seal of SU mi-ib, dumu Ku-rug-rug-ga, dam-gar. Grey steatite cylinder.³
Material:	Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Stone >> Igneous >> Diorite
Material:	Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Stone >> Metamorphic >> Greenstone >> Steatite
Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number):	30-12-37
Measurement (Height):	21⁵
Measurement (Width):	11⁵
Measurement (X):	21
Measurement (Y):	11

[1] crescent is on a staff

[2] Woolley's description

[3] Modern description

[4] Material as described by Woolley

[5] Barrett. 1976. Near East Section, Ur, Inscribed Objects

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Location	Context Title	Context Description	Description (Modern)
	Ur Hinterland	This term describes the area around Ur. It includes the sites surrounding Ur from where objects were brought in by the workers.	(none)

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Media	Media Title	Title	Label	Author	Omeka Label
	UPM Field Photo numbers	UPM Field Photo numbers	(none)	(none)	(none)
	Ur Excavations X; Seal Cylinders	Ur Excavations X; Seal Cylinders	1951	Legrain, Leon, and Woolley, Leonard	(none)
	Woolley's Catalog Cards	Woolley's Catalog Cards	Card -- BM ID:194 Box:50 Page:17	Card -- BM ID:194 Box:50 Page:17	(none)

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UPM Field Photo numbers, .

Legrain, Leon, and Woolley, Leonard. (1951) Ur Excavations X; Seal Cylinders, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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