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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 8692 | (none) | (none) | B16959 | Whetstone. Brown stone. Circular in section: head pierced for suspension ring. |
| 8693 | (none) | (none) | B16798 | Diadem. Composed of two pieces of gold (imitation chain) and 3 beads, large lentoids, 2 of lapis, 1 of gold. See field notes. The gold 'chains' are made of 4 strings of twisted 2-ply gold wire soldered together: one has come unsoldered at the end. The beads must have come in the middle of the forehead and a string must have connected the gold pieces behind the head. | |
| 8694 | (none) | (none) | B16845 | Earring. Gold. 1/2 spiral coils of gold wire with flattened and pointed ends. [drawing] Only 1 in the grave. | |
| 8700 | (none) | (none) | B17523 | Copper knife. Straight-sided, with short tang and 2 rivets. | |
| 8705A | (none) | (none) | B16841a | [A-B] 2 gold earrings. 2 1/2 coils of fairly thick gold wire. | |
| 8705B | (none) | (none) | B16841b | [A-B] 2 gold earrings. 2 1/2 coils of fairly thick gold wire. |
| 8713 | (none) | (none) | B16862 | Cylinder seal Shell, highly polished Geometric design. Triangles, short straight lines running parallel to one another and designs resembling a coiling serpent [drawing of serpent shape] | |
| 8714 | (none) | (none) | B17033 | Cylinder seal. Crystal. Two registers. Above: Male figure approaching from behind a lion? in front of the lion a fallen gazelle and in front of the gazelle a winged dragon. Below: A winged dragon, and second similar? and a rampant gazelle? | |
| 8715 | (none) | (none) | B17031 | Pendant. Rock crystal. Translucent. Rectangular in section. One side slightly covex. Blackened by fire. | |
| 8716 | (none) | (none) | B17031 | 12 lapis lazuli beads Double conoids, ring beads, and one thus [drawing] and 1 discoid bead |
| 8717 | (none) | (none) | B17032 | Bowl. Limestone. White. Stone type XII. | |
| 8725 | (none) | (none) | B17172 | Bowl. Limestone. White. Indented rim. Stone type XCI (also oval bowl stone U.8724) | |
| 8727 | (none) | (none) | B17420 | Axe blade. Copper. Flat blade, one end turned over forming a loop to receive haft. Single rivet on each side of blade. [drawing] III. |
| 8731 | (none) | (none) | B17221 | Rectangular paint? box. Limestone. Grey. Resting on 4 low legs. 5 holes 0025 deep and 002 in diam bored into the receptacle. One hole in the middle and one at each corner; two horizontal ribs decorated with vertical notches rim round the sides of the box. One leg missing - part of top missing. [drawing 1:3] sketch. | |
| 8732 | (none) | (none) | B17214 | Model shrine? Baked clay. Shaped like a sentry box with a heavy convex back. Entrance has a rounded arch. Fixed onto the back of the recess a narrow strip of baked clay. Shrine has a high rounded top and rosettes decorate the face. Part of the top broken away. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 8734 | (none) | (none) | B17326 | Axe head. Copper. Flat blade. One end folded over to receive haft. Common type. Poor condition. Part of turn over missing. | |
| 8738 | (none) | (none) | B16849 | Conical bead. Lapis lazuli. Perforated vertically and horizontally in 4 places. 3 triangles engraved upon it - in each triangle 3 lines parallel to the base. [drawing] | |
| 8757 | (none) | (none) | B17419 | Adze. Copper. Common type. Part of shaft broken. Type 2 (new) | |
| 8758 | (none) | (none) | B17204 | Grotesque figure. Baked clay. Hand modeled. Left arm missing. Male? figure, flattened head, pellet eyes, coarse nose, rounded chin; holds vertically against breast an object which looks like a thick stick with a hooked top. Lower part of body hollowed out inside; intended to receive a holder? [drawing 1:2] | |
| 8764 | (none) | (none) | B17161 | Bowl. Steatite. Dark green. Stone type LXII. |
| 8766 | (none) | (none) | B17384 | Copper pin. With ribbed lapis ball head discolored by heat. Rounded in section. Only the middle portion of the lapis ball head was showing. The upper and lower portions originally had a silver cap. Only a fragment of this remains. Pin is perforated below head. [drawing] |
| 8783 | (none) | (none) | B17463 | Bradawl. Bitumen handle, copper borer, tip of bore missing. [drawing] | |
| 8798 | (none) | (none) | B17213 | Beard Frit Originally glazed. Bleached white. Fragment - Upper portion missing, originally intended for inlay? Slightly convex. At bottom of beard two rows of curls. [drawing 1:1] |
| 8804 | (none) | (none) | B17217 | Clay sealing?? Large clay fragment with elaborate design of spirals etc. | |
| 8806H | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-Q] Tablets. Business. 17 tablets. [R-AB] 11 fragments. dates on small tablets: (A) Dungi 36, (B) Dungi 37, (C) Dungi 41 (D) Dungi 54, (E) Mu-us-sa-bi. A: cf.U.7827 ppp?, F: cf.U.8810 F? |
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