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)
9654	(none)	(none)	B17319	Copper bodkin Type__
9656B	(none)	(none)	B17597	Beads Gold. Large double conoids, small double conoids, tubular beads, barrel beads, fluted ball beads, flattened double conoids, double conoids of spiral wire, circles of spiral wire, 2 elongated double conoids; 4 ring spacers for 3 strings, gold bar spacers (square in section) for 20 strings, 3 gold leaves with spacers for 2 strings. Carnelian. Barrel beads, ball beads, bugles, double conoids, ring beads, 1 worked barrel bead with white pattern, flattened tabloid with gold suspender. Lapis. Large double conoids, small double conoids, fluted ball beads, double conoid with gold suspender for 2 strings.
9660	(none)	(none)	B17513	Copper Axe. Heavy type. XIX [drawing]
9661	(none)	(none)	B16874	Cylinder seal Marble Mottled Slightly concave Inscribed: - 2 lions rampant, crossed: behind each an attacking hero - beyond are two retainers. Upper register: inscription, lower register: rampant gazelle and hero. Inscription /......mu; Lugal-gis; My (?).... Lugal-gis. (HC. 207)
9662	(none)	(none)	B17532	Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. Type III
9664	(none)	(none)	B17182	Stone bowl White limestone Bath-shaped Type XXI
9672	(none)	(none)	B17509	Copper Knife Narrow triangular blade with short tang and 2 rivets Type 4 (new)
9677	(none)	(none)	B17113	Vase White calcite Type LXIII
9678	(none)	(none)	B17125	Vase. White calcite. Type LXXXI
9688	(none)	(none)	B16884	Cylinder seal Green stone In very bad condition Apparently a presentation scene
9703	(none)	(none)	B17591	Lead? and copper specimens Misshapen lumps
9719	(none)	(none)	B17021	Beads 15 gold double conoids About 25 carnelian barrel beads and a similar number of lapis double conoids. All minute.
9720	(none)	(none)	B17022	Copper Pin Elongated knob head Type I
9721	(none)	(none)	B17024	Cylinder seal Haematite Black Copper caps. This seal adhered to copper pin U.9720 Two seated deities, facing on another, from the first a stream of water trickles from the out-stretched left hand; above, crescent moon; second deity holds a cup? in right hand; above him the sun; and third standing deity? faces him. Behind the first deity a standing attendant.
9722	(none)	(none)	B17023	Copper Pin Elongated knob head Type I
9723A	(none)	(none)	B17025	[A-B] 2 Cockle Shells Green paint.
9724	(none)	(none)	B17136	Calcite bowl Translucent Type XVIII
9725	(none)	(none)	B17018	Copper Bowl Hemispherical Badly smashed, but in good condition; complete Type III
9726A	(none)	(none)	B17026	[A-B] 2 copper? Earrings. Corroded together. Solid ends. [drawing]
9727	(none)	(none)	B17027	1 Silver earring Flat, lunar ends [drawing]
9729A	(none)	(none)	B17603	[A-B] 2 Copper Loops With a thin copper stem to each. Possibly from the sole of a sandal used as a fastener for laces? [drawing] 1:1
9734	(none)	(none)	B17316	Copper Pin Broken in 2 pieces Rounded in section [drawing] Type IX
9745	(none)	(none)	B17350	Copper Dagger. Type II [drawing]
9746	(none)	(none)	B17095	Whetstone Rounded top Square in section [drawing] 1:1
9776A	(none)	(none)	B16742	[A-L] Shell Plaques. Found in confusion and scattered in the soil (the filling of the shaft) 12 plaques with animals, of which 2 are broken. 4 1/2 others completely decayed. 7 white squares each with 5 blue dots. 3 black squares each with 5 white dots. 2 squares with rosettes. 9 pieces (strips) with eye pattern most of these have suffered by the decay of the shell. Also a quantity of narrow edging slips in mother-of-pearl, red stone and lapis.