8988A | 1928,1009.55
| Description (Catalog Card): | [A] Cylinder seal. Lapis, with [B] gold caps. Fragmentary. There were found only 2 bits of the cylinder, lying apart, and the caps were some way off in the grave, which otherwise appeared undisturbed. Inscription of (servant of ?) the daughter of Sargon of Akkad.1 |
| Description (Catalog Card): | [A] Lapis cylinder found in two fragments + [B] gold caps (missing now?) See UEII No. 3082 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | TTF PG 503 1 |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Lapis lazuli3 |
| U Number: | 8988A |
| Object Type: | Seals, Stamps, and Sealings >> Cylinder Seals |
| Museum: | British Museum |
| Season Number: | 05: 1926-1927 |
| Culture/Period: | Akkadian Dynasty |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Mineral >> Semi-precious >> Lapis Lazuli |
| Museum Number (BM Big Number): | 120572 |
| Museum Number (BM Registration Number): | 1928,1009.554 |
| Tablet ID Number: | P217331 |
| Notes: | Sub-letter A and B were divided between the British Museum and the University of Pennsylvania Museum, with the cylinder seal [A] at BM, and the caps [B] in UPM. |
| [1] original card missing; information from later typed transcript |
| [2] original card missing; information from handwritten sheet in with the original cards |
| [3] Material as described by Woolley |
| [4] Data collected by British Museum research team. |
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | PG/503 | (none) | (none) |
- 1 Location
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UPM Field Photo numbers | UPM Field Photo numbers | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| Ur Excavations Texts I: Royal Inscriptions | Ur Excavations Texts I: Royal Inscriptions | 1928 | Gadd, C.J., Legrain, L., Smith, S., Burrows, E.R. | (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:40 Page:121 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:40 Page:121 | (none) |
- 4 Media
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Context
Ur >> Royal Cemetery | PG >> Private Graves 501-600 >> PG/503
References
Woolley, Leonard. (1934) Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery, Oxford: Oxford University Press.