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) |
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![]() | 3903 | 47-29-249 | (none) | (none) | Not Assigned |
![]() | 3905 | 47-29-143, 47-29-146 | (none) | (none) | [Card Missing] |
![]() | 3913 | 47-29-106 | (none) | (none) | Not Assigned |
![]() | 3919 | (none) | (none) | (none) | [Card Missing] |
![]() | 3920 | (none) | (none) | (none) | [Card Missing] |
![]() | 3921 | (none) | (none) | (none) | [Card Missing] |
![]() | 3924 | 47-29-360 | (none) | (none) | Not Assigned |
![]() | 3925 | 47-29-63 | (none) | (none) | [Card Missing] |
![]() | 3926 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Not Assigned |
![]() | 3929 | (none) | (none) | (none) | [Card Missing] |
![]() | 3930 | 47-29-160 | (none) | (none) | Not Assigned |
![]() | 3931 | 47-29-152 | (none) | (none) | Not Assigned |
![]() | 3937 | (none) | (none) | (none) | [Card Missing] |
![]() | 3938 | 47-29-133 | (none) | (none) | Not Assigned |
![]() | 3939 | 47-29-280 | (none) | (none) | Not Assigned |
![]() | 3941 | 47-29-131 | (none) | (none) | Not Assigned |
![]() | 3942 | (none) | (none) | (none) | [Card Missing] |
![]() | 4246 | 47-29-275 | (none) | (none) | U number not assigned in field |
![]() | 4824 | 47-29-141 | (none) | (none) | U number not assigned in field |
![]() | 4944 | 47-29-201 | (none) | (none) | No catalog card exists for this object: U.4930-U.4950 fell unassigned between Seasons 3 and 4. According to Jacobsen 1953 (AJA 57:128) citing information from Leon Legrain, they were assigned to tablets found in Season 5 in areas EM, SM, and TTB (Jacobsen's note says TTE near Dublalmah, but only TTB was near Dublalmah). Little evidence of these tablets exists currently in museums, but most are indicated in Ur Excavations Texts vol. 3. |
![]() | 6001 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Rectangular label. Black steatite. Inscribed with text in 6 vertical columns on side, 8 on other. Pierced vertices. Dated Shilgi year 36 (=48). Basket of tablets: barley issued from the wood-store; cash from the income office, barley balance presented to the farmer; sesame seed; thread; dates brought in and balance of interest. There are 11 clay tablets, 1 total of gifts. The 13th month after the building of Duramati. H.C. In text: 9h3 [drawing 1:1] |
6002 | (none) | (none) | B16287 | Cylinder seal. Grey steatite. Below, figure Gilgamesh? prostrate above, offering to Ea, heraldic animals, etc. c. BC 2300. ? Brick. VII | |
![]() | 6009 | (none) | (none) | B16359 | Pin. Bone. Square in section with knob head. [drawing 1:1] |
6017 | (none) | (none) | B16387 | 8 shaped colored beads, including crescent shaped agate pendant, shell and carnelian. | |
6019 | (none) | (none) | B16231, B16231 | Clay foundation of Ur Nammu. Stem only. Chipped. Same inscription as U.2701, U.202. Records digging of a canal called Canal of Ur. P. Text: 9H(3) |
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