7927
| Description (Catalog Card): | Cylinder seal. Crystal. Slightly concave. Marble? core within roughly 8mm in diameter. Inscribed. Conical copper cap on one end. Bearded hero with protruding hair locks, mounted on dragon and clutching it by the tail. The dragon faces a bull rampant, head upraised, mounted by bearded hero similar to first also holding hismount by the tail. Between a couchant gazelle.1 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | PG 26 1m below surface with U.7928-9 |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Rock crystal2 |
| Measurement (Catalog Card): | ht 0030 d 0021 |
| U Number: | 7927 |
| Object Type: | Seals, Stamps, and Sealings >> Cylinder Seals |
| Museum: | The National Museum of Iraq |
| Season Number: | 05: 1926-1927 |
| Description (Modern): | Cylinder seal (Lamia's list no.168) |
| Description (Modern): | Object is not sealed. |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Mineral >> Semi-precious >> Quartz >> Rock Crystal |
| Museum Number (IM Number): | IM 3629 |
| Tablet ID Number: | P468609 |
| Measurement (Height): | 303 |
| Measurement (Width): | 213 |
| [1] Woolley's description |
| [2] Material as described by Woolley |
| [3] Internal UPM list, compiled by: Barrett. 1976. Near East Section, Ur, Inscribed Objects |
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | PG/26 | (none) | (none) |
- 1 Location
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UPM Field Photo numbers | UPM Field Photo numbers | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| British Museum Photo Negatives | British Museum Photo Negatives | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery | Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery | 1934 | Woolley, Leonard | (none) |
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:36 Page:161 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:36 Page:161 | (none) |
- 4 Media
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Context
Ur >> Royal Cemetery | PG >> TTE >> Private Graves 1-100 >> PG/26
References
Woolley, Leonard. (1934) Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
British Museum Photo Negatives, .