9026
| Description (Catalog Card): | Cylinder seal. Marble: green and white. A winged god wearing conical cap and a straight flowing skirt which is represented by vertical parallel lines, holds left arm slightly upraised while apparently addressing a second naked god. The second god is engaged in felling to the ground an unwinged god who is represented as utterly unbalanced, arms flung downward behind the head, head and feet drooping to the ground, middle of the body uppermost. Beyond: a third winged divinity stands over the back of a crouching man, right foot upon the neck, left foot upon the rump. The winged divinity also lays his right hand upon the head of a naked kneeling suppliant, and his left upon the head of a similar suppliant who kneels upon the left knee only. Bold but rather coarse cutting. Subject not hitherto found upon any cylinder seal from Ur.7 |
| Description (Archival): | CBS Register: cylinder seal. diorite. concave. standing Samas with wings and sword, nude winged Samas and defeated enemy, winged bird god over enemies UE II: Cylinder seal, green and white marble. |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | PG 514 TTG |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Diorite8 |
| Measurement (Catalog Card): | Ht 0032 d 002 |
| U Number: | 9026 |
| Object Type: | Seals, Stamps, and Sealings >> Cylinder Seals |
| Museum: | University of Pennsylvania Museum |
| Season Number: | 05: 1926-1927 |
| Description (Modern): | Cylinder Seal, Shamash with wings and sword, nude winged Shamash & defeated enemy... |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Stone >> Metamorphic >> Marble |
| Museum Number (UPM B-number): | B16876 |
| Measurement (X): | 32 |
| Measurement (Y): | 20 |
| [1] winged |
| [2] holding nude god |
| [3] feathered whisk? weapon? |
| [4] kneeling |
| [5] flat on back held in air by god |
| [6] prone |
| [7] Woolley's description |
| [8] Material as described by Woolley |
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | PG/514 | (none) | (none) |
- 1 Location
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery | Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery | 1934 | Woolley, Leonard | (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:40 Page:161 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:40 Page:161 | (none) |
- 3 Media
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Context
Ur >> Royal Cemetery | PG >> TTG >> PG/514
References
Woolley, Leonard. (1934) Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery, Oxford: Oxford University Press.