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)
15043 31-17-19 (none) (none) Cylinder Seal. Lapis lazuli. Presentation. Star in crescent. Inscription dNin-gal-nam-nin-kho-ul dumu lu-dingir-ra N. son of L. scribe. HC.103.
15045 31-16-676 (none) (none) Seal impression. Geometrical and rosette stamp.
15307 31-17-126 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Dark green steatite. 2 men & 2 scorpions.
15309 31-17-22 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Lapis. Presentation scene. Poor cutting.
15320 31-17-115 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. White shell, much worn and defaced. (Found below burial K)
15474 31-17-21 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. 2 scorpions.
15478 31-17-20 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Standing god, worshipper & rampant lion.
15479 31-17-130 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Chariot drawn by an antelope(?) headed by a man. Emblem-spread eagle.
15813 31-17-124, 31-17-124 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Inscribed.
16021 31-43-25, 31-43-25 (none) (none) Steatite Cylinder seal. Nana son of Gudea,the jeweller. HC.30/I.7. UET 8/2 (hand copied by Legrain) [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
16022 31-43-39, 31-43-39 (none) (none) Steatite Cylinder seal. Fragmentary . d.Sulpae son of... HC.30/I.8. UET 8/2 (hand copied by Legrain) [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
16025 31-43-27 (none) (none) Quartzite Cylinder seal. HC../30 UET 8/2 (hand copied by Legrain) [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
16026 31-43-23 (none) (none) Steatite Cylinder seal. Fragment. [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
16104 31-43-54 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Greenish grey steatite. Presentation scene before seated deity. Palm tree.
16107 31-43-22 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Reddish stone. Linear design. Archaic.
16117 31-43-66 (none) (none) Stamp seal. Mauve chalcedony(?) Concial-suspended by copper wire. Roughly engraved with figure of a man. [drawing]
16122 31-43-50 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Banquet scene, 2 seated figures drinking from a common cup out of tubes. Behind one of them a standing figure. Poor cutting.
16127 87-28-1 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Greenish stone. Archaic. Broken in 2 pieces.
16146 31-43-29 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Pink steatite. Presentation scene: seated figure and two standing; emblem: pole with a forked top.
16148 31-43-77 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Dark green baked clay. Gilgamesh, Eabani & rampant lion.
16162 31-43-32 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. One end chipped. Presentation scene. One seated & 2 standing figures.
16173 31-43-38 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Fragment. Black steatite. Presentation scene: 1 seated and 2 standing deities.
16177 31-43-26 (none) (none) Cylinder seal.White shell. Linear design.
16179 31-43-28 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Green steatite. Presentation scene: enthroned god and two standing figures.
16180 31-43-3 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Pink marble. Two rows of deeply incised circles.

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