13901 | 1930,1213.401

Description (Catalog Card): Seal impression. Geometrical designs. see 130911     
Find Context (Catalog Card): SIS 4     
Material (Catalog Card): Clay2     
U Number: 13901     
Museum: British Museum      
Object Type: Seals, Stamps, and Sealings >> Seal Impression      
Season Number: 08: 1929-1930      
Description (Modern): UE 3 p. 41 no. 446: 'Pictographic inscription. The edinnu motive, a plain or orchard. A panelled construction and stars. The sign AB, the abode with side buckle. The cross sign, reduced to the pole cutting the central circle. Eight-petalled rosette on the butt-end of the cylinder, d. 26 mm. U. I390I. SIS 4. Pl. 55.' Matthews (1993) p. 66 no. 36: 'U13901. BM 1930.12.13.401 UE 3:446. SIS4. H >3.7, L >8.2. Multiple over-lapping rollings and two stamp impressions. Symbols: ?cross, ?AB, edinnu. Sealing 9.8 x 5.2 x 3.9. Smooth peg, ?ared at head and base, di. 5.5, circled by two rows of loosely wound cord, sd di. 0.3, sg di. 0.5, TP 3.9, SSD: S. Base has impressions of plastered wall surface. Functional type: door peg.' Matthews (1993) p. 66 no. 36a. 'U13901. Di. 2.7, circ. 8.5. Eight-pointed rosette with border decoration.'     
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Unfired      
Museum Number (BM Registration Number): 1930,1213.401     
[1] Woolley's description
[2] Material as described by Woolley

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Media Media Title Title Label Author Omeka Label
Ur Excavations III: Archaic Seal-Impressions Ur Excavations III: Archaic Seal-Impressions 1936 Legrain, Leon, and Woolley, Leonard (none)
Cities, Seals, and Writing: Archaic Seal Impressions from Jemdet Nasr and Ur Cities, Seals, and Writing: Archaic Seal Impressions from Jemdet Nasr and Ur 1993 Matthews, R. J. (none)
Provisional Field Photo Album Provisional Field Photo Album (none) (none) (none)
Woolley's Catalog Cards Woolley's Catalog Cards Card -- BM ID:194 Box:57 Page:88 Card -- BM ID:194 Box:57 Page:88 (none)
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Publication Context: Ur >> Royal Cemetery | PG >> Seal Impression Strata | SIS >> SIS 4

References

Matthews, R. J. . (1993) Cities, Seals, and Writing: Archaic Seal Impressions from Jemdet Nasr and Ur, Berlin: Gebr. Mann Verlag.

Provisional Field Photo Album, .

Legrain, Leon, and Woolley, Leonard. (1936) Ur Excavations III: Archaic Seal-Impressions, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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