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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 8209A | (none) | (none) | B16832A | [A-B] Ear-rings. Gold. Each made of 2 1/2 spiral turns of gold wire: found one on each side of the skull against the ear. |
| 8212 | (none) | (none) | B16790 | Flower head ornament in silver, lapis and gold. The whole flower is silver, a flat truncated plate of thin metal on a fairly solid stem: on the end of each of the five petals is a ball of lapis capped with gold. Two lapis beads are corroded on to the end of the stem and may belong there (see U.8210). There was certainly a second similar flower on the other side of the head (this one rose from the right ear) but it was all broken up. | |
| 8213 | (none) | (none) | B16830 | Crescent in light colored stone, flat. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 8214 | (none) | (none) | B16704 | Silver suspenders. A plain ring of silver wire from which hangs a spacer for 3 strings of beads: they appeared to hang from the head this way up, but two were found corroded together in opposite directions. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 8219 | (none) | (none) | B17045 | Stone bowl. White limestone. Type LX. photo___ | |
| 8221 | (none) | (none) | B17124 | Stone vase. White calcite. Type LXXIV. |
| 8222 | (none) | (none) | B17187 | Cockle shells. Five, containing paint. [4 shells under this number in UPM?] |
| 8224.1 | (none) | (none) | B16809 | [.1-.2] Beads. Lapis and carnelian, mixed small types, ball, lentoid and bugle, and a few ribbed ball beads of gold. | |
| 8226A | (none) | (none) | B16730 | [A] Silver pin with plain ball head of lapis capped with gold. The shaft is pierced just below the head: [B] the 7 beads found just by it may have been fixed to the pin by this hole. The beads are catalogued with the pin. See field notes. [Type] V |
| 8231 | (none) | (none) | B17362 | Copper axe. [drawing] | |
| 8232 | (none) | (none) | B17511 | Copper dagger. Long leaf-shaped blade with 3 rivets. [drawing] hand drawn. | |
| 8234 | (none) | (none) | B16962 | Copper spearhead or butt? Long rod rectangular in section, the tang slightly smaller in diameter, the shaft tapering to a stout point. [type] VI. | |
| 8245 | (none) | (none) | B17310 | Clay offering table. Scratched decoration on the base and half way up the stem to a raised band on which were 4 figures of seated gazelles (?) - one now missing. 2 vertical slits up the stem and round holes below these in the splay of the base. Broken and imperfect. | |
| 8246 | (none) | (none) | B17506 | Copper knife. Broken. On the blade are well preserved traces of a woven rough sheath covered with linen. [drawing] 1:1 | |
| 8258 | (none) | (none) | B17394 | Knife. Copper. Flat blade. Traces of 3 rivets on rounded tang. Broken in 3 places but complete. [drawing] 1:2 [Type] II. | |
| 8260 | (none) | (none) | B17171 | Bowl. Limestone. White. Indented rim. Small portion of rim missing. Stone type XLIII | |
| 8269 | (none) | (none) | B16685 | Bull pendant. Gold. Reclining bull. Body in profile - bearded head turned to the left originally there were 4 small gold beads tied to right side of body for attachment to a chain; only two of these now remain. | |
| 8274B | (none) | (none) | B16825 | [A-B] Necklace. About 250 beads, mostly small. 1 large faceted lapis lazuli. 18 double conoid lapis. 14 lentoid lapis. 18 bugle and double conoid carnelian. 4 or 5 minute gold beads. The rest small carnelian ring beads and lapis ring and ball beads, a few ribbed barrel lapis beads. Fragment of lapis inlay with incised concentric areas [drawing]. Arbitrarily made up into two strings . | |
| 8290 | (none) | (none) | B16863 | Cylinder seal. Shell. Pinkish. Slightly blackened by fire. Two registers. Subject indistinct. Above: A spread eagle. Below: A kneeling? man, and a snake? occupying the full length of the seal 2 winged dragons, crossed, and a rampant bull. | |
| 8292 | (none) | (none) | B17196 | Head of male. Unbaked clay. Not made in a mould. Traces of black paint under the eyes. Hole pierced through bottom of head vertically to hold a pole. | |
| 8297 | (none) | (none) | B17178 | Bowl. Limestone. White. Stone type XII | |
| 8298 | (none) | (none) | B17090 | Whetstone. Hole perforated through top for attachment. Rectangular in section. Rounded top. [drawing] |
| 8299 | (none) | (none) | B17393 | Axe. Copper. Common type. [Type] XIX |
| 8300 | (none) | (none) | B17121 | Vase. Calcite. White. Veined. Stone type LXXVIII. |
| 8314 | (none) | (none) | B17414 | Copper axe. Normal type but rather more solid in the blade than usual. [drawing] [Type] XIX. |
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