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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 18124BS | 32-40-416 | (none) | (none) | [A-DK] Seal impressions. A large collection, giving impressions (baked) of Greek, Persian and Babylonian gems. Green coins, etc. (See separate notes) |
| 18124BT | 32-40-417 | (none) | (none) | [A-DK] Seal impressions. A large collection, giving impressions (baked) of Greek, Persian and Babylonian gems. Green coins, etc. (See separate notes) |
| 17626A | 32-40-437, 32-40-437 | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Copper cylinders. A pair. Solid metal, entirely carved with inscription in vertical lines. Name of NUR-ADAD. | |
| 14852 | 32-40-473 | (none) | (none) | Seal impression. Geometrical, including possible sign: Good impression of string. Good impression of string underneath. [drawing] | |
| 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. |
| 18284 | 33-35-170 | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Facetted conical: chalcedony. Persian type. Two standing figures worshipping before an altar: crescent above. |
| 18218 | 33-35-171 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Carnelian. Broken and incomplete. [drawing] Conventional design. |
| 18248 | 33-35-172 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Pink limestone. Two men fighting a lion. Poor work and in poor condition. |
| 18258 | 33-35-173 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Presentation scene. Seated goddess, with 2 standing figures and 2 lizards. Poor condition. |
| 18276 | 33-35-174 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Fragment of greenish grey steatite. Only 2 columns of inscription left; no figures. |
| 18343 | 33-35-175 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell. Coarse work, much damaged, and apparently unfinished. Men fighting animals. |
| 18365 | 33-35-176 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. 3 standing figures. |
| 18450 | 33-35-177 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Grey stone. Introduction scene with 1 seated and 2 standing figures and 2 columns of inscription: the figures much erased. |
| 18457 | 33-35-178 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Milky crystal. Geometrical (?) designs in 2 registers. |
| 18452 | 33-35-179 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal of black steatite. Design: running gazelles, zigzags and frogs. |
| (none) | 33-35-180 | (none) | (none) | Unknown |
| (none) | 33-35-181 | (none) | (none) | Unknown |
| (none) | 33-35-182 | (none) | (none) | Unknown |
| (none) | 33-35-183 | (none) | (none) | Unknown |
| (none) | 33-35-184 | (none) | (none) | Unknown |
| (none) | 33-35-185 | (none) | (none) | Unknown |
| (none) | 33-35-186 | (none) | (none) | Unknown |
| (none) | 33-35-187 | (none) | (none) | Unknown |
| (none) | 33-35-188 | (none) | (none) | Unknown |
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