7953 | 1928,1009.12 - UrOnline

Technique:	Decoration >> Subtraction >> Incised

Description (Catalog Card):	Cylinder seal. White crystal, with copper caps; carinated. Two Gilgamesh figures each fighting a lion. Large cylinder, well cut. The central hole is filled with white paste having chevron bands of bright red which shows through the crystal. Inscribed.²
Find Context (Catalog Card):	PG 35
Material (Catalog Card):	Crystal³
Material (Catalog Card):	Paste³
Material (Catalog Card):	Copper Alloy³
Measurement (Catalog Card):	L. (without copper caps) 0033 diam 0022

U Number:	7953¹
Object Type:	Seals, Stamps, and Sealings >> Cylinder Seals
Museum:	British Museum
Season Number:	05: 1926-1927
Description (Modern):	Cylinder seal
Material:	Inorganic Remains >> Metal >> Copper Alloy
Material:	Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Mineral >> Semi-precious >> Quartz >> Rock Crystal
Material:	Inorganic Remains >> Glass and Related Material >> Glass Paste
Museum Number (BM Big Number):	120529
Museum Number (BM Registration Number):	1928,1009.12⁴

[1] U number duplicated; additional tablets added to this U number. Original item kept with no sub-letter.

[2] Woolley's description

[3] Material as described by Woolley

[4] Data collected by British Museum research team.

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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)
	UPM Field Photo numbers	UPM Field Photo numbers	(none)	(none)	(none)
	Woolley's Catalog Cards	Woolley's Catalog Cards	Card -- BM ID:194 Box:36 Page:188	Card -- BM ID:194 Box:36 Page:188	(none)

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Woolley, Leonard. (1934) Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

British Museum Photo Negatives, .

UPM Field Photo numbers, .

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