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)
16599	31-43-21	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. (Not pierced) Gimil- ^dNin-gis-si(d) , dumu ^dLugal-gu-ni-da.
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]
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.
16612	31-43-53	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Baked clay. Presentation scene. 3 standing deities. Crescent moon and Palm.
16618	31-43-9	(none)	(none)	Stamp seal. Greenish grey steatite. Pyramidal. 2 scorpions.
16620	31-43-13	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. White limestone. Part of design obliterated. Presentation scene - originally 4 standing figures (3) only remain) before an enthroned god. Last figure carries a lamp(?). Crescent Moon.
16623	31-43-64	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Greenish grey steatite. Unfinished. Unpierced. 2 standing figures. Crude cutting.
16653	31-43-154	(none)	(none)	Flat amethyst seal, and 5 carnelian beads.
16656	31-43-62	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal, carnelian. 2 bird-like beasts and star.
16677	31-43-24	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Grey marble? Presentation scene: 2 standing figures before a seated god.
16704	31-43-42	(none)	(none)	Fragment. Cylinder seal. hematite. Presentation scene; Standing god and 2 standing figures approaching. Crescent moon and star.
16709	31-43-44	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black hematite. Nude female standing; god in long skirt, right foot tree and poised on a low stool, raises hand in greeting to a standing warrior who is clad in a short tunic.
16734	31-43-68	(none)	(none)	Stamp seal. Glazed frit. Palm tree(?) Perforated for suspension. [drawing]
16743	31-43-46	(none)	(none)	Quartz cylinder. Unengraved. Unpierced. cf. U. 16606. [drawing 1:1]
16747	31-43-75	(none)	(none)	Flat seal. Greenish grey steatite. Circular. Upper side convex and decorated with 4 circles, and 3 parallel incisions. Under side a man with a bowl resting against back of neck over shoulders balanced by each arm-suspended from it are 3 water skins, and to one side of the man a stool(?). Pair of stars. [drawing] obv. for rev. see photo.
16749	31-43-19	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Baked clay. 2 crescents on poles and an X. Rough work.
16759A	31-43-73	(none)	(none)	[A-D] 4 Scaraboid seals. Blue and green glazed frit. With quasi hieroglyphic signs.
16759B	31-43-73	(none)	(none)	[A-D] 4 Scaraboid seals. Blue and green glazed frit. With quasi hieroglyphic signs.
16759C	31-43-73	(none)	(none)	[A-D] 4 Scaraboid seals. Blue and green glazed frit. With quasi hieroglyphic signs.
16759D	31-43-73	(none)	(none)	4 Scaraboid seals. Blue and green glazed frit. With quasi hieroglyphic signs.
16794	31-43-59	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Glazed Frit Type same as U.16.606.
16820A	31-43-31	(none)	(none)	[A-C] 3 steatite cylinder seals. (A) Illegible, save for first sign. (B) Adad ; (C) Awel-ilim (wrt LU.DINGIR.BA), Son of Ur-Dam-bur(?).
16927G	31-43-7	(none)	(none)	Group: objects found together and belonging to a manufacturer of cylinder seals. (A) Limestone fragment, a trial piece with first sketches of 3 standing figures; (B) Limestone fragment, a trial piece with one standing figure nearly finished; (C) Uncut and unpierced cylinders of shell, steatite and limestone; (D) Unfinished beads of rock crystal; (E) Part of an eye of a statue; etc. (F) Limestone fragment a trial piece with the lower parts of 2 standing nude male figures (this was brought in separately, cf. U.16994) (G) Square of red limestone, sculptors trial pieces with unfinished figures of man and dog. [These objects were relettered on the card as follows: C=E, D=F, E=G, F=C, and G=D. Entries in this database, however, follow original lettering]
16929A	31-43-90	(none)	(none)	Clay mould. (A) For a female head in profile, high relief: head with filletted and braided hair, looking right (in impression): rows of necklaces. Full face, rather pleasing and not like the usual Sumerian type. (B) For a bearded male figure, draped, standing in profile facing left (in impression) with hands clasped on breast. Very fine work, bold and yet delicate, perhaps goldsmiths moulds: the female head is best suited to such technique as gold-working. Brought in together and said to have been found together.
16929B	31-43-89	(none)	(none)	Clay mould. (A) For a female head in profile, high relief: head with filletted and braided hair, looking right (in impression): rows of necklaces. Full face, rather pleasing and not like the usual Sumerian type. (B) For a bearded male figure, draped, standing in profile facing left (in impression) with hands clasped on breast. Very fine work, bold and yet delicate, perhaps goldsmiths moulds: the female head is best suited to such technique as gold-working. Brought in together and said to have been found together.