18397A | 33-35-293
| Description (Catalog Card): | [A-H] Clay jar sealing. Fragments of impressed with finely drawn linear design which contains possible hieroglyphic elements.1 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | PG Pit W SIS IV-V |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Clay2 |
| U Number: | 18397A |
| Museum: | University of Pennsylvania Museum |
| Object Type: | Seals, Stamps, and Sealings >> Seal Impression |
| Season Number: | 11: 1932-1933 |
| Description (Modern): | UE 3 p. 40 no. 429 'Pictographic inscription in two registers. The upper may tentatively be read: mes-ud-en-lil utul(?): the shepherd; and the second beginning with the star and club: ruler of Ur, Adab, Larsa, and Kesh. U. 18397. Pit W. SIS 4-5. Pl. 54.' Matthews (1993) p. 61 no. 1 'U18397. UM 33.35.293. UE 3:429. SIS4. H 3.2, L 3.5. Two rollings. Complete impression surviving. Symbols arranged in two registers, each with horizontal borders. Upper register: U4, EN KID (Nippur), ?edinnu. Lower register: AN DUG3+DU3 (Kesh), UR2+AN (?), URI3+AB (Ur), U4+NUN (Adab), U4 AB (Larsa). Sealing 6.8 x 5.2 x 4.9. Reverse faces broken, but with striations on base perhaps from wood. Functional type: ?package/box.' UPenn db: 'UE III: pictographic inscription in two registers. the upper may tentatively be read: mes-ud-en-lil utul (?): the shepherd; and the second beginning with the star and club: ruler of Ur, Adab, Larsa, and Kesh.' |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Unfired |
| Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number): | 33-35-293 |
| [1] Woolley's description |
| [2] Material as described by Woolley |
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | SIS 4-5 | (none) | (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) |
| Ur Excavations III: Archaic Seal-Impressions | Ur Excavations III: Archaic Seal-Impressions | 1936 | Legrain, Leon, and Woolley, Leonard | (none) |
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:72 Page:191 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:72 Page:191 | (none) | |
| Provisional Field Photo Album | Provisional Field Photo Album | (none) | (none) | (none) |
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Context
Publication Context: Ur >> Royal Cemetery | PG >> Seal Impression Strata | SIS >> SIS 4-5
References
Provisional Field Photo Album, .