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)
6669 (none) (none) B16427 Bracelet. Bronze. Oval shaped. E. [drawing]
6670 (none) (none) B16635A Ring base. Clay. Type CLXXV in album. Kurigalzu?
6675 (none) (none) B16354 7 glass beads. E.
6685 (none) (none) B16438 Ingot. Bronze. 2/5. E.
6686 (none) (none) B16408 Tool. Bronze. E. [drawing]
6687 (none) (none) B16310, B16310 Cylinder seal. Black hematite. Inscribed. Shamash, worshipper and goddess. Servant of Sin and servant of Nin-Shah. E. 1st Babylonian dynasty 2000 BC.
6691 (none) (none) B16682 Stela. Blue grey. Fragment. Above: 3 male fig[ure]s in relief, body full face, head arms and legs in profile, clothed in flounced kaukanes sheep skin coats. Right hands over breast, heads turned to the left but faces are lost. Traces of finely cut hair on back of head of middle figure. Dress typically Sumerian. Below waist consists of 2 tiers of wide flounces, 6 pleats covering front of body. Above waist garment rendered by fine and numerous parallel wavy lines. Below the male figs is a second tier of female figures of which only 2 remain. Primitive inscription above heads. Female figs are in the same attitude as male; head in profile, body full face. Figs badly mutilated and lost below breast. Heads look to left, hands of first female crossed over breast, fingers pointing up to shoulders. Both shoulders covered by garment represented by fine wavy lines as on upper portion of male figs. Hair tucked up in a bunch round right ear and flowing down side. Traces of unsmoothed edges & holes indicate that outline of figs was made by a drill. cf. Stela of the Vultures Pre-Sargonid. Broken inscription: ...ka, he has filled abundantly, the Eanaka, he has replenished. H.C. Linear writing of Ur Nina of Lagash. (Found out of position). E. [A note appears on the back of the catalog card, writing largely illegible]
6692 (none) (none) B16254 Terracotta figurine. Nude female. Fragmentary, lost below knees. Common type. Hands clasped over breast in attitude of prayer. E. [drawing 1:1]
6698 (none) (none) B16298 Cylinder seal. Inscribed. Grey steatite. Introduction of worshipper by goddess to Nannar: smaller figure behind throne of Nannar holding big club. Below and behind throne small figure pulling dragon by the wing; similar figure attacks dragon in front. Attributes: crescent moon resting on post. Balance and pot. Squat monkey (close to knees of Nannar). Inscribed: Ilu-Shamash, Ilu-Aa 1st Babylonian Dynasty. E.
6737 (none) (none) B16210, B16210 Fragment of steatite stamp for bricks. (E)-gu-bu?. About BC 2700. E.
6738 (none) (none) B16566, B16566 Door-socket. To dGimil iluSin King of Ur? etc? his god, (Ni?)-kal-la shakkanak his servant has built his house (shrine, temple?). H.C.
6743A (none) (none) B16543A [A-E] Bricks of Enannatum. The usual stamp (U.2569) has a variant 1.2: En-sal-me-nunuz-zid dNannar. the pure zirru priest of Nannar (cf. SAKI. P.206 note [illegible]) One 1/2 to B. 4 wholes to B.
6745A (none) (none) B16234 8 fragments of broken clay jar necks. With short inscription giving the capacity in qa (pint) measures 172/172/77/192/189 qa etc. outside decorated with 5 grooves. [drawing]
6752 (none) (none) B16283 Cylinder seal. White crystal. Plain. E.
6756A (none) (none) B16569 [A-B] 2 Rams. Grey gypsum. Protomoi. (1) E [UPM or BM] (1) B [Baghdad]
6763 (none) (none) B16221 Bowl. Oolite stone. Mottled. Type XLIV. E.
6765 (none) (none) B16278 Cornice. White gypsum. Fragment. Charred by fire. E. [drawing]
6768A (none) (none) B16272A PAP-SU-GAL. Mud figures of. Traces of white plaster remain. Human bodies with dog heads, left hand held across chest; right arm bent at elbow and held upright. CBS16271? [Confirmed: 16273] According to UE VIII pl. 34 there is a D, also PCBS 15271.
6768B (none) (none) B16272B PAP-SU-GAL. Mud figures of. Traces of white plaster remain. Human bodies with dog heads, left hand held across chest; right arm bent at elbow and held upright. CBS16271? [Confirmed: 16273]
6769 (none) (none) B16274 PAP-SU-GAL. Mud figure of. Traces of white plaster remain. Jackal? Poor condition.
6771B (none) (none) B16275A PAP-SU-GAL. Mud figures. 4 snakes. Neo-Babylonian.
6771D (none) (none) B16275B PAP-SU-GAL. Mud figures. 4 snakes. Neo-Babylonian.
6774 (none) (none) B16273 PAP-SU-GAL. Mud figures. Traces of white plaster remain. Bearded male, hands clasped over breast.
6776A (none) 1927,0527.68 B16299 Gold nob. E.
6779A (none) (none) B16299 Cylinder seal. Grey steatite. Presented. Scene of worship. Worshipper interlaced by minor goddess to seated Nannar. Attributes: Crescent moon. Inscription obliterated. Post Sargonid. Pre-3rd Ur Dynasty about 2500 BC

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