Description (Catalog Card): Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Broken in half and chipped down one side. Scene: 3 figures in a row advancing l[eft]. Found with beads round neck of body in larnax burial. 1     
Find Context (Catalog Card): Found with beads round neck of body in larnax burial. T.T.A. 2     
Material (Catalog Card): Lapis lazuli2     
Measurement (Catalog Card): ht 0.017     
U Number: 55     
Object Type: Seals, Stamps, and Sealings >> Cylinder Seals      
Museum: British Museum      
Season Number: 01: 1922-1923      
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Mineral >> Semi-precious >> Lapis Lazuli      
Museum Number (BM Big Number): 116590     
Museum Number (BM Registration Number): 1923,1110.191     
Notes: U.55 is incorrectly described as a silver earring in UE II, 5243     
[1] Woolley's description
[2] Material as described by Woolley
[3] Data collected by British Museum research team

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Media: 55 | 1923,1110.191 Export: JSON - XML - CSV

Media Media Title Title Label Author Omeka Label
Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery 1934 Woolley, Leonard (none)
British Museum Photo Negatives British Museum Photo Negatives (none) (none) (none)
Field Photographs Field Photographs (none) (none) (none)
Field Photographs Field Photographs GN0050 GN0050 (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:21 Page:56 Card -- BM ID:194 Box:21 Page:56 (none)
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