University of Pennsylvania Museum

This museum is located in Philadelphia, PA, US.

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)
14182 31-16-625 (none) (none) Seal impression. Scorpions.
14144A 31-16-620 (none) (none) Seal impression. Stamp seal (3 partial impressions) flatttened oval in shape. Frogs(?) [drawing]
14685 31-16-659 (none) (none) Seal impression. Trellis. cf. 14798, 14824.
14753 31-16-660 (none) (none) Seal impression. Very primitive, human figure.
14512 31-16-609 (none) (none) Seal impression. Wild ass (or horse) gazelle & man, etc.
11036 47-29-444 (none) (none) Seal Impression. 1-fragment from Dub-lalmah archive. Seal of son of Ur-dingir-ra? Lugal Ka-gi-na. Present: scene showing only Patron (with both hands raised) and Client. HC..177
14849 31-16-623 (none) (none) Seal impression. Geometrical patterns, etc.
14594 31-16-640 (none) (none) Seal impression. Larsa, & c.
14571 31-16-668 (none) (none) Seal impression. Line of men, in hand & pots.
14894 31-16-617 (none) (none) Seal impression. One large and one small antelope.
12545 31-16-648 (none) (none) Seal impression. Serpant.
18124D 32-40-349 (none) (none) Seal impressions [A-DK]. A large collection, giving impressions (baked) of Greek, Persian and Babylonian gems. Green coins, etc. (See separate notes)
18124E 32-40-350 (none) (none) Seal impressions [A-DK]. A large collection, giving impressions (baked) of Greek, Persian and Babylonian gems. Green coins, etc. (See separate notes)
13846 31-16-631 (none) (none) Seal Impressions. 2 pieces. Geometrical design as 13817
14123B 31-16-670 (none) (none) Seal impressions. Elaborate geometrical design. Also another [B] more fragmentary example.
13972 31-16-674 (none) (none) Seal impressions. Geometrical designs (and altars ??).
13933 31-16-645 (none) (none) Seal impressions. Geometrical, perhaps belonging together.
14128 31-16-624 (none) (none) Seal impressions. Linear design.
14101 31-16-655 (none) (none) Seal impressions. Three more impressions from the same cylinder as 13970 adding a new city ideogram and some other signs and ornaments.. HC.218
14103 37-7-103 (none) (none) Seal impressions. Three more impressions from the same cylinder as 13970 adding a new city ideogram and some other signs and ornaments.. HC.218 UET II: 332).
14140 31-16-619 (none) (none) Seal impressions. 2 fragments (vegetational) U.14140 has circular stamping also(?)
14136 31-16-632 (none) (none) Seal imressions. Gazelles. (2 sealings from same).
7027 (none) (none) B16301 Seal. White steatite. Round. Hole perforated horizontally through hemispherical sides. Flat on one side, hemispherical on the other. Hemispherical side has 3 grooves 0002 wide in all bisecting it and concentric circles decoration, 4 in all, 2 on either side of the bisecting line. On flat side in middle enthroned Nannar both hands supporting a post with a crescent moon which is also supported by a bull-man. Behind the throne a similar bull-man also supporting a crescent moon on a post, and below the throne a bull with high horns, crescent shaped. Bull-men (Eabani) are ithyphallic. Hair on legs of Eabani. E. Before 3000 BC.
6988 (none) (none) B16302 Seal. Amethyst. Blue-violet. Flat on one side, convex on the other but not completely rounded, apex top. Hawk with spread wings, legs crossed in middle of breast. Neo-Babylonian. E.
6066 (none) (none) B16292 Seal. Black steatite. Triangular shape scorpion and? Lizard? About BC 2600. E.

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