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.
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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1591A | 31-16-855 | (none) | (none) | Figurine. Red clay. Moulded. Head and feet broken off. Nude female figure in bold relief. | |
 | 1591B | (none) | (none) | B15615 | Card Missing |
| 1593 | (none) | (none) | B15658 | Fragment of jar? Decorated with nude female figure in relief, moulded and affixed to surface of jar: drab clay. The surface is also decorated with incised lines and circles. P. |
| 1599 | (none) | (none) | B15680 | Figurine. Light clay: moulded. Female figure in flounced skirt, standing on animal(?) with has broken away. P. | |
| 1600 | (none) | (none) | B15685 | Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only. Light clay; moulded. Female figure with 4-fold necklace and hair curled. P. | |
| 1601 | (none) | (none) | B15664 | Figurine. Green clay; moulded. Broken away above knees downwards. Female figure, nude, with low headdress and curls on shoulders. P. | |
| 1606 | (none) | (none) | B15652 | Relief. Fragment. Drab clay; moulded. Figure of man (riding?) from waist upwards - the head in profile - and head of horse. P. | |
| 1607 | (none) | (none) | B15661 | Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only. Green clay; moulded. Female figure with low headdress, necklace, bracelets and belt. | |
| 1609 | 31-16-875 | (none) | (none) | Figurine. Drab clay; modeled. Female(?) figure with cross-belt (or bandoliers) - legs not indicated: head missing. | |
| 1611 | (none) | (none) | B15675 | Figurine, drab clay; modeled. Grotesque. Bes figure standing upon grotesque animal. P. | |
| 1616 | (none) | (none) | B15699 | Fragment from back of bedstead, or chair; yellow clay. With moulded relief, 2 birds facing among branches. P. | |
| 1617 | (none) | (none) | B15700 | Fragment. Back of chair or bedstead. Drab clay, with moulded relief, 2 dogs facing. P. | |
| 1622 | (none) | (none) | B15803 | Bowl. Fine-grained greenish stone. Type VII. | |
| 1625A | (none) | (none) | B15620, B15620, B15620 | Three (3) fragments of a black diorite monument, originally in shape of 4-sided pyramid, surmounted by a smaller body of the same shape. Around all sides of the lower pyramid runs a long inscription of New Babylonian date, concerning contracts for the building of a bit apti and the acquisition of the site for it, in the city of Ur. Found on New Babylonian floor level in N. corner between Nabonidus platform and the old wall. |
| 1651 | (none) | (none) | B15696 | Clay relief. fragment of, from back of chair (?) Two female figures, facing each other, with emblems between. P. |
| 1652 | 31-16-923 | (none) | (none) | Clay figurine. Drab clay; moulded. Bearded figure with horned headdress and pleated skirt, holding emblems; weathered. | |
| 1654 | 31-16-926 | (none) | (none) | Figurine. Fragment, from shoulder to knees only. Red drab clay; moulded. Figure in profile; much weathered. | |
| 1658 | (none) | (none) | B15609 | Diorite human head Fragment of, life-size. Shewing from top of neck to base of nostrils, rt side of face only, and back across cheek to below ear; mouth complete and chin nearly so. Very fine work of the Gudea type. |
| 1662 | (none) | (none) | B17456 | Copper bowl. Fragments. | |
| 1674 | (none) | (none) | B15771 | Pot. Fine greenish drab clay; wheelmade.Wide-mouthed with small foot. B. Type CXV. (not p) | |
| 1678 | (none) | (none) | B15790 | Pot. Red clay; wheelmade. B. Type III. =RC.11 (not p) | |
| 1688 | (none) | (none) | B15788 | Cup or saucer. Red clay; wheelmade. B. Type IX (shallower) (not p) | |
| 1693 | (none) | (none) | B15785 | Jar. Red clay; wheelmade. B. Type CXIX. =RC.179 | |
| 1701 | (none) | (none) | B15732 | Stone Weight. Black stone. Cigar shaped with 6 incised strokes. Type II |
| 1702 | (none) | (none) | B15812 | Bowl. Fine drab clay; wheelmade; with raised decoration imitating metal form; (in fragments) |
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