Description (Catalog Card): Cylinder seal. Limestone. Grey. Figures faint. Scene of worship. Minor deity leads worshipper by the hand towards seated Nannar. Attributes: crescent moon and palm.2     
Find Context (Catalog Card): S.M. Surface soil     
Material (Catalog Card): Limestone3     
Measurement (Catalog Card): H. 28mm, D. 13mm     
U Number: 7615     
Object Type: Seals, Stamps, and Sealings >> Cylinder Seals      
Museum: University of Pennsylvania Museum      
Season Number: 05: 1926-1927      
Description (Modern): Cylinder seal. limestone. introducing a worshipper to a seated god.     
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Stone >> Sedimentary >> Limestone      
Museum Number (UPM B-number): B16894     
Measurement (X): 28     
Measurement (X): 28     
Measurement (Y): 14     
Measurement (Y): 13     
[1] palm
[2] Woolley's description
[3] Material as described by Woolley

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Location Context Title Context Description Description (Modern)
SM The meaning of this excavation area abbreviation is not clear, but its location is known to be immediately southeast of the giparu (KP) extending to the ehursag (HT) in the east. Badly preserved remains of a building were found here, distinct from the giparu. On a tentative reconstruction of the ground plan, Woolley suggests the original structure measured some 35x40 meters. The building remains date to the Isin-Larsa/Old Babylonian period and many small tablets recording business transactions were found within. T.C. Mitchell, editing the UE 7 volume published after Woolley's death, notes that many of these tablets actually date to the reigns of Shulgi and Amar-Sin. According to Woolley, some of the tablets were twisted together as if in the process of being recycled to reuse their clay for new tablets. He also suggests, very tentatively and based only on a few minor and out-of-place bricks, that this building was originally a temple to Nin-Ezen. (none)
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Media Media Title Title Label Author Omeka Label
Woolley's Catalog Cards Woolley's Catalog Cards Card -- BM ID:194 Box:35 Page:120 Card -- BM ID:194 Box:35 Page:120 (none)
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