18981 | 35-1-21
| Description (Catalog Card): | Cylinder seal. Green stone. 2 heroes fighting lions. 1 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | PJ, G142 |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Jadeite2 |
| Measurement (Catalog Card): | L. 24mm, D.14mm |
| U Number: | 18981 |
| Object Type: | Seals, Stamps, and Sealings >> Cylinder Seals |
| Museum: | University of Pennsylvania Museum |
| Season Number: | 12: 1933-1934 |
| Description (Modern): | concave. twin group - Gilgamesh and upturned lion. eagle UE X: Gilgamesh wrestling with lions whch he holds head down by pulling up their tails and hind legs. In one case he is standing, in the other he is down on one knee; but always with one foot pressing the lions's back or its head. A cartouche-here blank-is reserved for the name of the owner, between the bodies of the upturned lions. A spread eagle above is also unfinished. Green stone cylinder. |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Mineral >> Semi-precious >> Jadeite |
| Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number): | 35-1-21 |
| Measurement (X): | 25 |
| Measurement (X): | 24 |
| Measurement (Y): | 15 |
| Measurement (Y): | 14 |
| [1] Woolley's description |
| [2] Material as described by Woolley |
Files
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | PJG/142 | (none) | (none) |
- 1 Location
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provisional Field Photo Album | Provisional Field Photo Album | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| Ur Excavations IV; The Early Periods | Ur Excavations IV; The Early Periods | 1955 | Woolley, L. | (none) |
| Ur Excavations X; Seal Cylinders | Ur Excavations X; Seal Cylinders | 1951 | Legrain, Leon, and Woolley, Leonard | (none) |
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:74 Page:260 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:74 Page:260 | (none) |
- 4 Media
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Context
Excavation Context: Ur >> Royal Cemetery | PG >> PJ >> Pit X >> PJG >> PJG/142
References
Provisional Field Photo Album, .
Woolley, L. . (1955) Ur Excavations IV; The Early Periods, Oxford: Oxford University Press.