The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology is an educational and research institution dedicated to the understanding of cultural diversity and the exploration of the history of humankind.  This museum funded half of the Ur excavations, and as such has approximately 1/4 of the objects from Ur.  

 

Objects: University of Pennsylvania Museum Export: JSON - XML - CSV Clay Seals and Sealings

Object U Number Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) Museum Number (BM Registration Number) Museum Number (UPM B-number) Description (Catalog Card)
14123B 31-16-670 (none) (none) Seal impressions. Elaborate geometrical design. Also another [B] more fragmentary example.
14128 31-16-624 (none) (none) Seal impressions. Linear design.
14136 31-16-632 (none) (none) Seal imressions. Gazelles. (2 sealings from same).
14140 31-16-619 (none) (none) Seal impressions. 2 fragments (vegetational) U.14140 has circular stamping also(?)
14144A 31-16-620 (none) (none) Seal impression. Stamp seal (3 partial impressions) flatttened oval in shape. Frogs(?) [drawing]
14163 31-16-672 (none) (none) Seal impression. Deer, star, branch (tree), and man.
14182 31-16-625 (none) (none) Seal impression. Scorpions.
14192 31-16-666 (none) (none) Seal impression. Leaf design?
14194 31-16-661 (none) (none) Seal impression. Large impression of antlers? etc.
14196 31-16-665 (none) (none) Seal impression. Naked man with staff(?) over shoulder, animals.
14489 31-17-16 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Dark steatite.
14495 31-17-18 (none) (none) Cylinder seal of white shell. The decoration consists simply of drill-point holes irregularly spaced over the whole surface.
14512 31-16-609 (none) (none) Seal impression. Wild ass (or horse) gazelle & man, etc.
14514 31-16-681 (none) (none) Seal impression. Animal & human figure.
14527 31-16-669 (none) (none) Seal impression. Geometrical.
14571 31-16-668 (none) (none) Seal impression. Line of men, in hand & pots.
14586 31-16-602 (none) (none) Seal impression. Elaborate linear pattern.
14588 30-12-761 (none) (none) Seal impression. Elaborate linear pattern.
14589A 31-16-646 (none) (none) [A-C] Seal impressions. 3 pieces containing the leaf pattern.
14589B 31-16-664 (none) (none) [A-C] Seal impressions. 3 pieces containing the leaf pattern.
14592 31-16-638 (none) (none) Seal impression. Linear pattern.
14594 31-16-640 (none) (none) Seal impression. Larsa, & c.
14597 31-16-603 (none) (none) Seal impression. 2 persons concerned with pots: a child; an emblem; a rosette stamp;
14599 31-16-647 (none) (none) Seal impression. Men with fishes.
14617 31-16-636 (none) (none) Seal impression. Elaborate linear.

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