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
	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)
	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)

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

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