University of Pennsylvania Museum

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.

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
16612	31-43-53	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Baked clay. Presentation scene. 3 standing deities. Crescent moon and Palm.
16609	31-43-35	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Presentation scene before seated god. Behind throne a (shrine door)? depicted like a ladder with 6 rungs.
16605	31-43-6	(none)	(none)	Stamp seal. Black steatite. Square. Perforated through holder. Pair of crescent moons. Pair of stars; pair of ostriches. [drawing]
16599	31-43-21	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. (Not pierced) Gimil- ^dNin-gis-si(d) , dumu ^dLugal-gu-ni-da.
16561E	31-43-88	(none)	(none)	[A, C-O] 14 seal impressions. Ibku-Adad, Son of Zazani, Servant of Adad.: H.C. 30/II, 15
16561D	31-43-87, 31-43-88	(none)	(none)	[A, C-O] 14 seal impressions. Ibku-Adad, Son of Zazani, Servant of Adad.: H.C. 30/II, 15
16561C	31-43-86, 31-43-87	(none)	(none)	[A, C-O] 14 seal impressions. Ibku-Adad, Son of Zazani, Servant of Adad.: H.C. 30/II, 15
16561A	31-43-79	(none)	(none)	[A, C-O] 14 seal impressions. Ibku-Adad, Son of Zazani, Servant of Adad.: H.C. 30/II, 15
16559E	31-43-55	(none)	(none)	[A-D] 4 steatite cylinder seals; [E] 1 Shell cylinder seal. Inscriptions illegible.
16559D	31-43-58	(none)	(none)	[A-D] 4 steatite cylinder seals; [E] 1 Shell cylinder seal. Inscriptions illegible.
16559C	31-43-57	(none)	(none)	[A-D] 4 steatite cylinder seals; [E] 1 Shell cylinder seal. Inscriptions illegible.
16559B	31-43-56	(none)	(none)	[A-D] 4 steatite cylinder seals; [E] 1 Shell cylinder seal. Inscriptions illegible.
16555	31-43-20, 31-43-20	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal, white calcite. Ga-ad-i(?)-li(?)-a, daughter of Ah(?)-na-nu-um H.C. 30/II, 11
16554	31-43-34, 31-43-34	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal, steatite. Ur-Ki(?)-dur(?)-sag(?) servant of... H.C. 30/II, 10
16547	31-43-51	(none)	(none)	Limestone cylinder seal Nin-es(?)-ba-na, Son of ... H.C. 30/II, 3.
16546	31-43-36	(none)	(none)	Steatite cylinder seal. Ur-gar(?). HC.30/II, 2.
16408	31-43-2	(none)	(none)	Stamp seal. Circular, convex above of striped black and white marble, design almost entirely perished; worked mostly with the drill. [drawing 1:1]
16397	31-43-74	(none)	(none)	Button seal. Baked clay. Glazed. Bleached white. Stamped with scorpion. Dome-shaped bulbous dome stamped with 4 concentric circles. [drawing]
16262	31-43-37	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Presentation scene with standing god and three other figures.
16211	31-43-1	(none)	(none)	Stamp seal. Pink limestone. In the form of a recumbent calf; on the flat back a rough design of 2 animals done with drill-holes and engraved lines. This is an early Sumerian piece which is found ina Persian period grave, and must have been an antiquity. [drawing 1:1]
16198A	31-43-213	(none)	(none)	[A-B] 2 bronze [bronze is struck through and silver written next to it] finger rings. (A) one with circular bezel. Phil.
16190	31-43-8	(none)	(none)	Amulet. Shell. Flattened double conoid. Engraved with design of snaked(?)
16180	31-43-3	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Pink marble. Two rows of deeply incised circles.
16179	31-43-28	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Green steatite. Presentation scene: enthroned god and two standing figures.
16177	31-43-26	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal.White shell. Linear design.