14746 | 1930,1213.459

Description (Catalog Card): Seal impression. Eagle, scorpions (?), vegetational forms(?)1     
Find Context (Catalog Card): SIS 8     
Material (Catalog Card): Clay2     
U Number: 14746     
Museum: British Museum      
Object Type: Seals, Stamps, and Sealings >> Seal Impression      
Season Number: 08: 1929-1930      
Description (Modern): Matthews (1993) p. 68 no. 47: 'U14746. BM 1930.12.13.459. UE 3:20. ?SIS8. H 2.4, L 4.6. Complete impression surviving. Two rollings. Symbols: AN, head, scorpion, bird, ?, ?UR2, scorpion. Sealing 5.7 x 4.8 x 2.6. Reverse has faint string impressions, SSD: Z. Base is level and smooth from wall surface. Functional type: door peg.' UE 3 p. 18 no. 20: 'Spread eagle between two scorpions, an archaic figure with palm-like wings, three-lobed tail, and no legs. Star, palm, antelope's, and ram's heads are pictographic elements. U. 14746. SIS 8 (?). Pl: 43' Merlin: 'Description Fragment of a clay sealing impressed with design of bird and scorpions on concave exterior surface; abraded; cracked; deposit. Dimensions Length: 2.75 inches Width: 1.75 inches'     
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Unfired      
Museum Number (BM Registration Number): 1930,1213.459     
[1] Woolley's description
[2] Material as described by Woolley

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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:60 Page:124 Card -- BM ID:194 Box:60 Page:124 (none)
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Publication Context: Ur >> Royal Cemetery | PG >> Seal Impression Strata | SIS >> SIS 8

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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