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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 176 | (none) | (none) | B14959 | Fragment of a wig of a statue (??) dolerite [drawing 1:1] [Annotated] Phil |
| 194 | (none) | (none) | B14960 | Granite pick-head. Broken. Ceremonial votive offering. [drawing]. |
| 196 | (none) | (none) | B14962 | Stone hammer-head. Fr of Probably part of ceremonial or votive object. [drawing] 3rd Dynasty Uruk-Kuri-Galzu floor of E-nun-mah |
| 203 | 52-30-271 | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. Complete. [Annotated] Contract tablet concerning a deal in corn, of the Persian [crossed out] Kassite period dated to the 4th year of Kash-tili(ash) |
| 206 | (none) | (none) | B14933 | Mace-head, Alabaster half of Decorated with rope moulding in relief & inscribed: [Annotated] "To Sin, Rimush king of the world, when he had overthrown Elam and Barahse dedicated this from the Elamite booty" Duplicate of an inscription found at Nippur on a vase. See SAKI p. 162 (c) Vase C. [Annotated] Phil Photo 15 [Annotated] Duplicates - 206 [Crossed out] U.236 | |
| 207 | (none) | (none) | B14932 | Mace-head Alabaster. Complete, except that top moulding is chipped away. Inscribed: [Annotated] Rimush king of Kish. | |
| 209 | (none) | (none) | B14938, B14938 | Cone, black and white veined marble. Only the lower part preserved. Inscribed: [Annotated] Dedication to the goddess Ningal for the life of Ur-Engur by a priest of Nannar. [Annotated] Duplicate of 249 [Annotated] Copied and transliterated. Placed in P.R. | |
| 211 | (none) | (none) | B14967 | Stone vase. Fr. of. Fine-grained black stone. On the outside, carved in low relief an animal strongly resembling a pig, but with a bushy tail stands on its hind legs (L), one front paw resting on a conventional mountain. The work is rather crude but vigorous. The vase is of unusual form for a stone vase, section more or less, thus [referencing drawing], the foot being made in a separate piece. [drawing] |
| 221 | (none) | (none) | B14936 | Mace. Head. Fr. of, in green crystal, jade color. Inscribed. [Annotated] Dedication by a king, name broken, who smashed the head of Warka and Ur [Annotated] Copied and trans-literated. Placed in P.R. [Annotated] UR R1 6 |
| 227 | (none) | (none) | B15232 | Faience stand. Bright green glaze, much perished (broken and mended.) [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] | |
| 234 | (none) | (none) | B15272 | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Scratchily engraved with 2 versions of a man fighting with a rampant lion. Poor. | |
| 237 | (none) | (none) | B14965 | Alabaster Bull's head. Being the front part of a rectangular trough-shaped vase. The stone is in very bad condition and the head has been put together from fragments. The eyes were inlaid and the ears and horns attached. Fine spirited work. |
| 238 | (none) | (none) | B15227 | Clay stand. 2 fragments of (fitting together), rectangular, decorated with inverted dot-filled triangles. [drawing] [Annotated] Phil. | |
| 239 | (none) | (none) | B14968, B14968 | Steatite vase. Fr of On the outside, a bull carved with the body in low relief, the head projecting in the round: behind, hind quarters of a second bull (there were presumably 4 on this vase). The body of the bull and the field of the vase are decorated with bone inlay, trefoils and dots, the moon, the sun and geometrical figures. Very fine work indeed. Underneath, on the base, remains of one side of a column of inscription. | |
| 242 | (none) | (none) | B15264 | String of beads Light brown glass, sphenoids, rough 100 in all [Annotated] Phil delete | |
| 246 | (none) | (none) | B14939 | Limestone fragment. Inscribed with a dedication by Ur-Engur. [Annotated] Placed in IN/No. 1 |
| 249 | (none) | (none) | B14940, B14938 | Limestone fragment. Inscribed with a votive inscription probably a duplicate of that on the stone cone of Ur-Engur. Joined to U.270. [Annotated] Copied and transliterated. Placed in IN/No 1. |
| 252 | (none) | (none) | B14943, B14943 | Fragment of alabaster vase. Inscribed. Dedicated by Ur-Engur. Placed in IN/No 1. |
| 256 | (none) | (none) | B14947, B14947 | Stone fragment of vase. Inscribed with a dedication by a priest of Nannar. Copied. Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 259 | (none) | (none) | B14935, B14935 | Alabaster fragment of vase. Inscribed with a text mentioning the destruction of ninni-IB [Crossed out] Erin-Ki (i.e. Susa) and the dedication of the vase from the booty. Copied and transliterated. Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 261 | (none) | (none) | B14970 | Fragment of alabaster vessel. Inscription "Votive offering for Nannar." Copied. Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 262 | (none) | (none) | B14948, B14948 | Fragment of stone bowl. Dedication to a god by Mu-da-da... Son of Sarrum-... on behalf of Ishme-Dagan. Copied and transliterated. Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 269 | (none) | (none) | B14944, B14944 | Fragment of alabaster jar. Inscribed with the name and titles of Dungi. |
| 270 | (none) | (none) | B14940, B14940 | Stone fragment of dish. Beginning of last two lines of a dedication. Joined to U.249. Placed in IN/No. 1 |
| 271 | (none) | (none) | B14941, B14941 | Fragment of stone dish. Dedication by a priest of Nannar, "thy son" |
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