Description (Catalog Card): Cylinder seal. Marble. White. 4 bulls rampant of which 3 have human heads, bearded and horned. On either side a rampant lion. Grotesque figure with himan body, animal's head, (possibly a donkey's head??) conical headdress and pig tail? grasps one lion by the tail. c. 3000BC2     
Find Context (Catalog Card): Acquired by purchase     
Material (Catalog Card): Shell3     
Material (Catalog Card): Marble3     
Measurement (Catalog Card): H. 33mm, D. 20mm     
U Number: 7617     
Object Type: Seals, Stamps, and Sealings >> Cylinder Seals      
Museum: University of Pennsylvania Museum      
Season Number: 05: 1926-1927      
Description (Modern): Cylinder seal. shell. crossed human headed bulls, Id with lion, bull and lion, hero with turban and loin cloth UE X: kish hero, lion, and bull. crossed bisons. Enkidu and the lion. White marble cylinder.     
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Stone >> Metamorphic >> Marble      
Material: Organic Remains >> Shell      
Museum Number (UPM B-number): B16877     
Measurement (X): 33     
Measurement (X): 34     
Measurement (Y): 20     
Measurement (Y): 21     
[1] lion's tail
[2] Woolley's description
[3] Material as described by Woolley

Locations: 7617 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: 7617 Export: JSON - XML - CSV

Media Media Title Title Label Author Omeka Label
British Museum Photo Negatives British Museum Photo Negatives (none) (none) (none)
Field Photographs Field Photographs (none) (none) (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:35 Page:122 Card -- BM ID:194 Box:35 Page:122 (none)
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