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)
7121	(none)	(none)	B16289	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Palm branch between 2 worshippers, who hold hand upraised. Attributes: Crescent moon, Rampant Lion. 2400 BC. E.
7127	(none)	(none)	B16295	Cylinder seal. White shell. Winged gate over crouching bull on right, a seated goddess on left, and kneeling Gilgamesh both holding gate with ropes. Before 3000 BC? E.
7130	(none)	(none)	B16390	Necklace. 15 gold filigree and carnelian beads. Arbitrarily re-strung. E.
7131	(none)	(none)	(none)	64 carnelian, agate and paste beads. Arbitrarily restrung.
7132A	(none)	(none)	(none)	No catalog card exists for this object: U.7070-U.7145 were duplicated with the duplicates assigned to tablets from Season 4 found in areas KP, EH, and possibly HT (Jacobsen AJA 57:128). The duplicates have been given the subletter A in this database while the original object from the catalog card retains the number without subletter (unless the original catalog card held multiple objects, in which case those are given appropriate subletters and the tablet takes the next in the sequence).
7133	(none)	(none)	B16410	Pin. Bronze. Nobbed head - thus [reference to drawing]. E. [drawing]
7134	(none)	(none)	B16431	Adze head. Bronze. Cf. U.6137 Larsa type. E.
7136	(none)	(none)	B16433	Bowl. Bronze. Mouth chipped. Oval shaped. Cf. U.7135. E. [drawing 1:2]
7138A	(none)	(none)	B16653	Larnax grave. Light drab. Broken. B.
7140A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay vase. Light drab. Rope decoration round neck and incised lines wavy. 3 upturned hooks inside to hold strainer? Ring base.
7142	(none)	(none)	B16658	Clay drain. Light drab. Ring shaped with covered top and raised lip. Decorated on covered top with 2 nobs and crescent on pole. IIIrd Dynasty. E. [drawing]
7145	(none)	(none)	B16226	Stone bowl. Fragment of Dark steatite. On the outside, a row of scorpions carved in low relief.
7203	(none)	(none)	(none)	No catalog card exists for this object: U.7146-U.7284 fell unassigned between seasons 4 and 5. They were later used for tablets found in Season 4 in areas KP, EH, and possibly HT (Jacobsen AJA 57:128).
7507	(none)	(none)	B16826	12 duck beads. White paste. All pierced doubly. One fragmentary. [drawing 1:1]
7508	(none)	(none)	B17101	Weight. Lentoid. Granite. Seven incised marks on the surface IIII III Type II
7525	(none)	(none)	B16901	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. 3 figures obliterated. Presentation scene before seated god bearing staff in left hand. IIIrd Dyn. of Ur. [drawing of scene]
7526B	(none)	(none)	B17432	[A-F] 6 arrowheads. Iron. Parts of wooden shaft remain. Late Kassite or Assyrian? Found with 2 silver earrings and pot type CXLIX.
7526D	(none)	(none)	B17433	[A-F] 6 arrowheads. Iron. Parts of wooden shaft remain. Late Kassite or Assyrian? Found with 2 silver earrings and pot type CXLIX.
7526E	(none)	(none)	B17431	[A-F] 6 arrowheads. Iron. Parts of wooden shaft remain. Late Kassite or Assyrian? Found with 2 silver earrings and pot type CXLIX.
7531	(none)	(none)	B17270	Clay vase. Greenish drab. Type CCLXXXIII=L
7539	(none)	(none)	B17206	Terracotta figurine. Enthroned goddess wearing flounced kaunakes dress, high horned headdress, hair hangs below shoulders and ends in a curl. Both hands clasped over waist. High horned headdress rising in tiers. Throne has a straight back to it.. Behind the seat at an angle of 45 degrees to it are two fragmentary legs protruding well behind the plaque os that the plaque could have originally stood vertically, supported by its props on the table. On either side of the headdress horns and from either side of the top cow's ears. [drawing 1:3]
7551	(none)	(none)	B16771	Pin. Bone. Yellow. Point missing. Incised decoration at head. Hole perforated below decoration. [drawing 1:1]
7552	(none)	(none)	B16885, B16885	Cylinder seal. hematite. Black. Inscribed. Scene of worship. Shamash standing with left foot on raised step, right foot on ground, left hand raised to greet heavily draped male figure whose left shoulder is bare. Behind a goddess wearing flounced kaunakes skirt with hands upraised, and behind goddess AIA? a warrior with a bent staff carried in right arm. Below the inscription a Simish. Attributes: crescent and moon and Simish. Inscription: ^dBABBAR(^ilSumas): ^dA-A(^ilAia).
7556	(none)	(none)	B16886, B16886	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Inscribed: practically illegible? Scene of worship: Minor deity introducing worshipper to Nannar before whom stands the crescent moon on a staff.
7564B	(none)	(none)	B16796	[A-B] Two necklaces. Carnelian, frit, paste. Found loose in soil and arbitrarily re-strung. Both similar in type. Ribbed frit ring beads predominate. No mention of these beads in field notes (or in written account of site).