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)
18399F (none) (none) (none) [A-F] Clay jar sealings, Fragments of. Impressed with complicated linear designs in fine raised lines.
18399E 33-35-303 (none) (none) [A-F] Clay jar sealings, Fragments of. Impressed with complicated linear designs in fine raised lines.
18399D 33-35-302 (none) (none) [A-F] Clay jar sealings, Fragments of. Impressed with complicated linear designs in fine raised lines.
18399C 33-35-301 (none) (none) [A-F] Clay jar sealings, Fragments of. Impressed with complicated linear designs in fine raised lines.
18399B 33-35-304 (none) (none) [A-F] Clay jar sealings, Fragments of. Impressed with complicated linear designs in fine raised lines.
18399A 33-35-300 (none) (none) Clay jar sealings, Fragments of. Impressed with complicated linear designs in fine raised lines.
18398B 33-35-298 (none) (none) Clay jar sealing. Fragment of. Stamped with linear design apparely including script elements. Good example.
18398 33-35-297 (none) (none) Clay jar sealing. Fragment of. Stamped with linear design apparely including script elements. Good example.
18397H 33-35-296 (none) (none) [A-H] Clay jar sealing. Fragments of impressed with finely drawn linear design which contains possible hieroglyphic elements.
18397G 33-35-295 (none) (none) [A-H] Clay jar sealing. Fragments of impressed with finely drawn linear design which contains possible hieroglyphic elements.
18397F 33-35-294 (none) (none) [A-H] Clay jar sealing. Fragments of impressed with finely drawn linear design which contains possible hieroglyphic elements.
18397E 33-35-292 (none) (none) [A-H] Clay jar sealing. Fragments of impressed with finely drawn linear design which contains possible hieroglyphic elements.
18397D 33-35-291 (none) (none) [A-H] Clay jar sealing. Fragments of impressed with finely drawn linear design which contains possible hieroglyphic elements.
18397C 33-35-290 (none) (none) [A-H] Clay jar sealing. Fragments of impressed with finely drawn linear design which contains possible hieroglyphic elements.
18397B 33-35-289 (none) (none) [A-H] Clay jar sealing. Fragments of impressed with finely drawn linear design which contains possible hieroglyphic elements.
18397A 33-35-293 (none) (none) [A-H] Clay jar sealing. Fragments of impressed with finely drawn linear design which contains possible hieroglyphic elements.
1837 30-12-62 (none) (none) Unknown
18365 33-35-176 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. 3 standing figures.
18343 33-35-175 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Shell. Coarse work, much damaged, and apparently unfinished. Men fighting animals.
18341 33-35-164 (none) (none) Animal's body. Grey steatite. Body of couchant animal, the hind quarters complete, in fairly high relief: the front leg only sketched: the stone is rounded off at the shoulder so that there never was a head. The body is flat and bears two engraved signs thus. [drawing]
18337 33-35-169 (none) (none) Stamp seal. Grey steatite. Circular, with convex tip, pierced horizontally. Subject: 2 animals, a third animal and an unrecognizable object: engraved mostly with the circular drill.
18325 33-35-262 (none) (none) Clay seal impression. Men and animals fighting. [Note on back of card reads Check in Catalog of Vol. IV, was there, but has been removed. The note is signed [illegible], and dated 1936.]
18311 33-35-261 (none) (none) Clay seal impression. Long strip of clay on which a very fair impression. A standing figure (?): before him a small figure fallen backwards (?): behind him two dwarflike figure in violent action (?) = above a guilloche: beyond them, two rampant beasts heraldically crossed (?)
18310 33-35-260 (none) (none) Clay seal impression. In a rectangular frame a guilloche, the strands made up of 3 narrow bands at one end, remains of an animal scene.
18289 33-35-259 (none) (none) Clay seal impression. From a cylinder. Standing figure of worshipper, with shaven head and long dress.

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