13929
| Description (Catalog Card): | Seal impression. Apparently two partial impressions of a stamp seal.1 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | PG -5.4 opposite staircase. |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Clay2 |
| U Number: | 13929 |
| Object Type: | Seals, Stamps, and Sealings >> Seal Impression |
| Season Number: | 08: 1929-1930 |
| Description (Modern): | Matthews (1993) p. 70 no. 84 'U13929. BM. Not previously published. PG at 5.4 m in opposite staircase. H >1.4, L >1.4. Two rollings. Symbols: ?leg cross, ? Sealing 3.8 x 2.6 x 1.0. Smooth peg, di. 3.2. Level base. Functional type: door' |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Unfired |
| [1] Woolley's description |
| [2] Material as described by Woolley |
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| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Seal Impression Strata | SIS | This is a vertical distinction rather than a horizontal one. Located within the Area PG (the Royal Cemetery) these strata were noted sloping down and forming the material into which the graves were dug (mostly seen in the western portion of the cemetery area). They contained many early tablets and seal impressions, thus the name SIS (Seal Impression Strata). They appear to be evidence of many dumping episodes of administrative material probably thrown out from an important building such as an early shrine. There were eight separate strata noted, but not all could be traced over an extended area and there are conflations of several, such as SIS 4-5, where the exact stratum for an artifact could not be determined. | (none) |
- 1 Location
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:57 Page:108 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:57 Page:108 | (none) |
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Publication Context: Ur >> Royal Cemetery | PG >> Seal Impression Strata | SIS