Description (Catalog Card): Cylinder seal White shell Nude reclining figure, one figure standing facing, and 2 men fighting (?) Short inscription: urd nisaba2     
Find Context (Catalog Card): TTF PG 563     
Material (Catalog Card): Calcite3     
Measurement (Catalog Card): L 0021     
U Number: 9310     
Object Type: Seals, Stamps, and Sealings >> Cylinder Seals      
Museum: University of Pennsylvania Museum      
Season Number: 05: 1926-1927      
Description (Modern): Ur Nidaba. solar heroes and enemies. UE II: Cylinder seal, shell. Four figures, 2 fighting, 1 standing, and 1 reclining; inscription: ur-nidaba.     
Description (Modern): Object is not sealed.     
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Mineral >> Calcite Group >> Calcite      
Museum Number (UPM B-number): B17009     
Tablet ID Number: P270201     
Measurement (Height): 1.214     
Measurement (X): 22     
Measurement (Y): 13     
Notes: The following seal impressions have been completely destroyed: U.9310, U.9321, U.9315 and U.9298 (others may be involved) and rested in a single pile. This is according to a letter dated 5 May 1966 From R.R.B Kearton to R.H. Dyson, Jr. regarding damage due to storage under the auditorium in humid and inadequate conditions.5     
[1] appears to be seated on a mound
[2] Woolley's description
[3] Material as described by Woolley
[4] Internal UPM list compiled by: Barrett. 1976. Near East Section, Ur, Inscribed Objects
[5] Modern description

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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)
UPM Field Photo numbers UPM Field Photo numbers (none) (none) (none)
Woolley's Catalog Cards Woolley's Catalog Cards Card -- BM ID:194 Box:41 Page:211 Card -- BM ID:194 Box:41 Page:211 (none)
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