14799
| Description (Catalog Card): | Seal impression. Linear pattern (whorl)1 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | SIS. Place uncertain. |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Clay2 |
| U Number: | 14799 |
| Object Type: | Seals, Stamps, and Sealings >> Seal Impression |
| Season Number: | 08: 1929-1930 |
| Description (Modern): | Matthews (1993) p. 72 p. 108 'U14799. BM. Moorey 578. SIS, findplace uncertain. H >2.6, L >4.6. Two rollings. Symbols: ?, ?UNUG, ? Sealing 4.0 x 2.6 x 2.1. Smooth peg, di. 3.5, with cord impressions. Functional type: door peg.' Moorey (1979) p. 112 no. 578 'Clay fragment from the neck of a vessel bound with string ; intricate, involuted geometric design. U.14799 : SIS |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Unfired |
| [1] Woolley's description |
| [2] Material as described by Woolley |
Files
| 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) |
| Unpublished Early Dynastic sealings from Ur in the British Museum. | Unpublished Early Dynastic sealings from Ur in the British Museum. | 1979 | Moorey, P. R. S. | (none) |
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:60 Page:171 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:60 Page:171 | (none) |
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Context
Publication Context: Ur >> Royal Cemetery | PG >> Seal Impression Strata | SIS
References
Moorey, P. R. S. (1979) Unpublished Early Dynastic sealings from Ur in the British Museum. , .