17001 | 31-43-590, 31-43-590
| Technique: | Decoration >> Subtraction >> Inscribed |
| Technique: | Decoration >> Subtraction >> Incised |
| Iconography: | Mythical Figure |
| Description (Catalog Card): | Vase. Baked clay. Light drab. Neck inscribed. (NIG-GA makkur) ^dSin. Possibly a proper name but more probably means property of Sin, the pot being intended for the reception of offerings to that god. Also a neck a crescent and a gryphon. Inscription and design engraved after baking. Persian.1 |
| Description (Archival): | Plain buff ware. Neck inscribed with NIG. GA -- SIN makkur. Globular body, long wide neck, ridge on neck, collared rim; flat base.2 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | G.217. AH. P.60. |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Clay3 |
| Measurement (Catalog Card): | H. 225mm, D. of rim 115mm, D. of base 80mm |
| U Number: | 17001 |
| Object Type: | Vessels/Containers >> Closed Forms >> Jars |
| Museum: | University of Pennsylvania Museum |
| Season Number: | 09: 1930-1931 |
| Object Type: | Vessels/Containers |
| Description (Modern): | Restricted Spherical Jar with constricted neck and slightly flared rim. Flat base. Wheelmade. Incised lines around shoulder. Neck incised with a drawing of an animal? Lamasu? Griffin? Inscribed with Cuneiform. Brown Clay. U number on object. |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Fired >> Pottery/Ceramic |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Fired |
| Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number): | 31-43-590 |
| Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number): | 31-43-590 |
| Tablet ID Number: | P468345 |
| Measurement (Diameter): | 1692 |
| Measurement (Height): | 2254 |
| Measurement (X): | 2272 |
| [1] Woolley's description |
| [2] Data collected during Penn Museum conservation review of ceramics. |
| [3] Material as described by Woolley |
| [4] Barrett. 1976. Near East Section, Ur, Inscribed Objects |
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | P/60 | AHG/217 | (none) | (none) |
- 1 Location
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ur Excavations IX; The Neo-Babylonian and Persian Periods | Ur Excavations IX; The Neo-Babylonian and Persian Periods | 1962 | Woolley, L. and Mallowan, Max | (none) |
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:67 Page:102 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:67 Page:102 | (none) |
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Ur >> AH Site | AH >> Graves >> Persian Grave >> P/60 | AHG/217