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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 3086 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. Baked. III Ur dynasty. Receipt su-bali. Year after ( )ma ba-du. |
| 3096 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of tablet. Liturgy (?) of dBur-dSin. |
| 3098 | 47-29-3699, 47-29-369 | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Date: Ibi-Sin king. Year after? Text: Receipt for 3 skins of grass sheep. Seal impress of Lugal-ga-ti (l) e-kiag, scribe. |
| 3122A | 29-174-3 | (none) | (none) | [A] Pottery vase. Of pinkish ware with narrow base opening out to splayed foot. Type CXCIII. =RC.74, =L9b. (B) Thinner. | |
| 3132 | (none) | (none) | B16527, B16527 | Brick of Ur-Engur. King of Ur - who uilt the House of Nannar. H.C. | |
| 3133A | (none) | (none) | B16458 | Ur-Engur bricks. Inscript of SAKI p.186 Backstein C. Several samples. H.C. | |
| 3135A | (none) | (none) | B16537A | [A-B] Brick of Bur-Sin. Cf. SAKI. P. 196. Backstein B. | |
| 3148A | (none) | (none) | B16559 | Brick of Sinbalatsu igbi. Fragment. H.C. |
| 3162D | 31-16-727 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta chariot wheels. | |
| 3163B | 33-35-257 | (none) | (none) | Children's rattles. Mince-pie pattern with scalloped edge. | |
| 3182 | 29-174-18 | (none) | (none) | Pottery jar. Prehistoric ware with spout: lip missing and side holed. Type CVII, =RC.55, =L.45a | |
| 3191 | (none) | (none) | B16546 | Brick of Libit-Ishtar Fragment. Same inscription as on Cone (Cf. SAKI. P.204) probably shorter. Libit-Ishtar, the humble shephard of Nippur, the just husbandman of Ur, who takes an unceasing care for Eridu, the high priest of uruk? H.C. | |
| 3193 | 30-12-261 | (none) | (none) | Copper nails and bolts. Various sizes with rounded heads, some headless. | |
| 3197 | 33-35-256 | (none) | (none) | Child's rattle. Terracotta: drab. | |
| 3204 | 47-29-229 | (none) | (none) | Large clay tablet. 9 columns. Time of Ibi-Sin. Entering wool in the temple and palace. |
| 3206 | 31-16-839 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Drab ware: woman squatting and suckling child. Cf. U.809. | |
| 3209 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Statue fragment. White stone: breast of man, with flounced dress, holding circlet in right hand: left arm raised. [drawing 1:1] |
| 3210 | 87-28-11 | (none) | (none) | Pottery vase. Buffware, with rounded base, slighlty downturned lip and rim on neck: specimen well made. Type CXCVII, =RC.44 [possibly reads =RC.214, unclear] (not p) | |
| 3215 | 98-9-20 | (none) | B16676 | Ur-Engur, king of Ur Inscription on a fragment of white limestone relief, probably from a larger scene on a stele. Rest of standing figure probably of the king dressed in a long fringed shawl (being introduced to a seated God?) H.C. | |
| 3216 | 29-174-1 | (none) | (none) | Pottery vase. Small slightly concave-sided vase of buff ware. Type CC, =P.70 | |
| 3217A | 29-174-2 | (none) | (none) | Pottery vases. With slihgtly curved cheeks and small base: buff ware. (B) Smaller and slightly different from type. Type CCI, =RC.14a, =L, =P.74 | |
| 3228A | 35-1-652 | (none) | (none) | Pottery vases. Buffware, with broad cheeks and rounded base. Type CLXXXV, =RC.83, (not p). | |
| 3250 | (none) | (none) | B16483 | Half brick of Sin-balatsu-iqbi. Main stamp: To Nannar, king of the dEnlils, his king Sin-balatsu-iqbi, shakkanak of Ur, caretaker of Eridu, the E-gal En-nu-an-na (Palace heavenly fortress), the place where stands dNin-ka-si, he has built 8 lines. Side stamp: 7 lines. To Nannar, king of the Enlils... Omits mention of Nin-ka-si. | |
| 3252 | (none) | (none) | B16477 | Brick of Kurigalzu. To Nannar, his king, dKurigalzu mighty hero, king of Ur, king of Sumer and Akkad E-kish-shir-gal, his beloved temple, has restored. H.C. in text: Kassite period(13) | |
| 3264 | (none) | (none) | B16676 | Fragment of stone stela. Obverse 3 fragments. Largest shows seated goddess faced by conventional tree and king pouring libation with with attendant behind. A 4th figure from another scene in same register, fitting fragment (F) of U.2761. Reverse fragmentary scene representing slaughter of animals for sacrifice. In Cat. Ur-Nammu stela. |
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