6756B

Description (Catalog Card): [A-B] 2 Rams. Grey gypsum. Protomoi. (1) E [UPM or BM] (1) B [Baghdad]2     
Find Context (Catalog Card): Found in filling of lower terrace steps. KPS A.6.     
Material (Catalog Card): Gypsum3     
Measurement (Catalog Card): L. 570mm, H. 380mm     
U Number: 6756B     
Object Type: Figural Objects >> Figurines >> Zoomorphic      
Season Number: 04: 1925-1926      
Museum: The National Museum of Iraq      
Description (Modern): The statue is a figure of a seated ram carved in stone, gypsum (?). The face and horns are well defined. The fore legs are disproportionately small, and the body is long and narrow. The behind and back legs are not indicated. There is a hole through the width of the body at the center near the front that was presumably part of its original function. The figure was part of a pair, and was likely used to support a throne.     
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Mineral >> Gypsum      
[1] Iconography tagged by Penn Museum research team.
[2] Woolley's description
[3] Material as described by Woolley

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Location Context Title Context Description Description (Modern)
Room A6 | A6 Addition to original plan. Mud floor with large clay jars. (none)
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Media Media Title Title Label Author Omeka Label
Field Photographs Field Photographs (none) (none) (none)
Ur Excavations IV; The Early Periods Ur Excavations IV; The Early Periods 1955 Woolley, L. (none)
Woolley's Catalog Cards Woolley's Catalog Cards Card -- BM ID:194 Box:33 Page:188 Card -- BM ID:194 Box:33 Page:188 (none)
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Context

Excavation Context: Ur >> KPS Site | KPS >> House A | KPS A >> Room A6 | A6

References

Field Photographs, .

Woolley, L. . (1955) Ur Excavations IV; The Early Periods, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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