14882

Description (Catalog Card): Seal impression. Geometrical (possibly signs?)1     
Find Context (Catalog Card): SIS 4     
Material (Catalog Card): Clay2     
U Number: 14882     
Object Type: Seals, Stamps, and Sealings >> Seal Impression      
Season Number: 08: 1929-1930      
Description (Modern): Matthews (1993) p. 67 no. 39 'U14775, BM 1930.12.13.424. U14825, BM 1920.12.13.434. U14882, BM. U18413a, UM 33.35.415. U18413b, UM 33.35.408. UE 3:281. Moorey 593. All SIS4. H 2.8, L 5.65. Complete impression surviving. One register of motifs: lizard, ?AN, ?scorpion, six-pointed UB, man. U14882. Sealing 6.2 x 5.3 x 3.8. Two rollings and one stamp impression. Reverse distorted with ?nger indentations. Functional type: ?' Matthews (1993) p. 67 no. 39a 'U14775, U14825, U14882, U18413a, U18413b. Di. 1.8, circ. 5.7. Poorly executed eight-pointed rosette.' Moorey (1979) p. 114 no. 593: 'A very badly distorted impression ; apparently two rollings from the same seal one above the other. The upper impression is surcharged with an irregular seven-pointed star. The seal design consists of rather stylized scorpions below a criss-cross pattern. U. 14882: SIS 4.'     
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Unfired      
[1] Woolley's description
[2] Material as described by Woolley

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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Unpublished Early Dynastic sealings from Ur in the British Museum. Unpublished Early Dynastic sealings from Ur in the British Museum. 1979 Moorey, P. R. S. (none)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:232 Card -- BM ID:194 Box:60 Page:232 (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.

Moorey, P. R. S. (1979) Unpublished Early Dynastic sealings from Ur in the British Museum. , .

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