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)
6555	(none)	(none)	B16422	Copper tool. E. [drawing 1:1]
6560	(none)	(none)	B16361	Tool Green stone. One sharp edge. [drawing 1:1]
6567	(none)	(none)	B16424	Decorative nail head? Copper. E.
6596A	(none)	(none)	B16347	Shell plaque. Rectangular. Bull amid trees. Broken at bottom left hand corner. E. [drawing 1:1]
6608	(none)	(none)	B16312	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Undulating line of mountains and (spread eagle ?) About BC 2800.
6610	(none)	(none)	B16626	Clay vase. Light drab.
6612	(none)	(none)	B16665	Alabaster stela. Fragment: broken but complete. Lunar disk. Religious? Scene. Three figures only remain in relief on the left - shaven male figure, right arm extended, upper arm only remains. Lower part of body fragmentary. Figure is apparently in profile. Middle figure head lost: left arm mutilated and lower portion of dress lost: arms and apparently head in profile but body full face. Figure is clothed in flounced kaunakas skirt, 6 tiers of flounces showing. Dress covered upper arm but left forearm exposed. Left hand rests on chest, right arm held upright and hand lost. Behind, a clean shaven bald-headed male figure, 3/4 face, left arm held below breast; right arm bent at elbow and held upright carrying an object which may be a torch. Left hand holds a sword which runs diagonally across left side. Figure is apparently draped in a thin waist cloth, mutilated below waist. Typical Sumerian head. At back fragment of an inscription.
6613A	(none)	(none)	B16389	Necklace. Arbitrarily re-strung. 51 mixed beads. E.
6614B	(none)	(none)	B16391	Necklace. Arbitrarily re-strung. 51 mixed beads. E.
6623	(none)	(none)	B16420	Decorative nail? Copper. [drawing 1:1]
6630	(none)	(none)	B16293	Cylinder seal. Pink steatite. Shamash rising from between two mountains, right hand on one mountain, top left hand supporting notched weapon. Two porters each opening gate, betweeen them high pedestal. 2500 BC? E.
6632	(none)	(none)	B16597	Clay bowl. Reddish. Star shaped design [reference to drawing] incised on the convex bottom of the bowl. Cf. Type 265 in album. [drawing 1:2]
6633	(none)	(none)	B16582	Clay vase. Broken. Light drab. Type CXCII. In album ? Neo-Babylonian.
6638	(none)	(none)	B16399	Silver bowl. Flat. Umbilical, lotus pattern on outside. For catalog. E.
6639J	(none)	(none)	B16396A	Group of silver staves with wooden core inside A-Y.
6639A	(none)	(none)	B16397	Group of silver staves with wooden core inside A-Y.
6639B	(none)	(none)	B16398.1	Group of silver staves with wooden core inside A-Y.
6639E	(none)	(none)	B16398.2	Group of silver staves with wooden core inside A-Y.
6647A	(none)	(none)	B16437B	[A-J] Group of iron arrowheads. E. [drawing on back of card]
6647C	(none)	(none)	B16437C	[A-J] Group of iron arrowheads. E. [drawing on back of card]
6647D	(none)	(none)	B16437D	[A-J] Group of iron arrowheads. E. [drawing on back of card]
6647H	(none)	(none)	B16437A	[A-J] Group of iron arrowheads. E. [drawing on back of card]
6647I	(none)	(none)	B16437	[A-J] Group of iron arrowheads. E. [drawing on back of card]
6657B	(none)	(none)	B16434	Copper? Handles? Arched. Rounded tops and nail head bases. E. Philadelphia? [drawing 1:2]
6664	(none)	(none)	B16265	Clay statuette. Baked. Seated female figure, naturalistic above, peg shaped below. Heavily cut large eye sockets. Prominent breasts. Incised marks below neck indicate collar of cloak. E. [drawing 1:1]