Description (Catalog Card): Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Not pierced. Standing figure, tree and spread eagle.1     
Find Context (Catalog Card): brought in     
Material (Catalog Card): Steatite2     
Measurement (Catalog Card): L. 16mm, D. 8mm     
U Number: 19164     
Object Type: Seals, Stamps, and Sealings >> Cylinder Seals      
Season Number: 12: 1933-1934      
Description (Modern): 'The...narrow stone cylinders are not pierced, and bear only a name. They are probably memorial tags buried with the dead. The characters in several cases are in direct script and not reversed as on seals proper.' UE 10 no. 448 (446)     
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Stone >> Metamorphic >> Greenstone >> Steatite      
Measurement (X): 16     
Measurement (Y): 8     
[1] Woolley's description
[2] Material as described by Woolley

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Locations: 19164 Export: JSON - XML - CSV

Location Context Title Context Description Description (Modern)
Ur Hinterland This term describes the area around Ur. It includes the sites surrounding Ur from where objects were brought in by the workers. (none)
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Media: 19164 Export: JSON - XML - CSV

Media Media Title Title Label Author Omeka Label
Ur Excavations X; Seal Cylinders Ur Excavations X; Seal Cylinders 1951 Legrain, Leon, and Woolley, Leonard (none)
Provisional Field Photo Album Provisional Field Photo Album (none) (none) (none)
Woolley's Catalog Cards Woolley's Catalog Cards Card -- BM ID:194 Box:75 Page:115 Card -- BM ID:194 Box:75 Page:115 (none)
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