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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9777A | (none) | (none) | B17550 | [A-B] Spindles A pair Silver spindles with lapis whorls both very slender | |
| 9780A | (none) | (none) | B17654 | Gold Chain The usual type with double-twisted links giving a square section | |
| 9781 | (none) | (none) | B16706 | Gold Diadem With impressed star pattern [drawing] At the ends are wires made by cutting the thin metal sheet into a very narrow ribbon which was then tightly twisted into a wire. Both wires are broken and the attachment of one is missing. | |
| 9783 | (none) | (none) | B17677 | Beads 14 gold ring spacers and a quantity of small lapis beads and carnelian rings: for order see Field Notes. With them are mixed the smaller lapis beads mentioned in the Field Notes as probably belonging to the headdress. [drawing 1:1] | |
 | 9784 | (none) | (none) | B17668 | Beads 1 Small gold 6 small lapis; and a large number of carnelian rings, all strung up together: see Field Notes. |
| 9785 | (none) | (none) | B17005 | Silver Head Ornament shaped as a lotus(?) flower with long stem and 7 points (petals?) tipped with lapis balls. Broken a few bits missing. [drawing] | |
| 9787 | (none) | (none) | B17588 | Gilt Ornaments. Short copper rods, 006 long, originally encased with very thin gold. Some of these had attached to one end of them 2 small gold leaves: others had a gold flower rosette and the gold leaf had come off. Probably part of the head ornament 9785. Others had a rim round the stem near but not at the end: and there were found fragments of hollow gold leaf-like balls which may have gone above these so as rather to resemble a pomegranate. The copper stems were pierced with very small holes 0005 apart so must have served as spacers for beads, or else been sewn onto something. One of the gold flowers was fixed to a double silver bead, and to one also silver rosettes were similarly attached. [additional drawing on back of card] [drawing] |
| 9794 | (none) | (none) | B17141 | Limestone Bowl. Broken into 5 pieces. Surface decayed. |
| 9800B | (none) | (none) | B17627 | Necklace. (A) Consisting of 2 strings of beads. Upper string: 2 small lapis double conoids and 2 silver diamonds strung alternately; silver beads decayed. (B) Lower string: 2 carnelian double conoids, 1 glazed lentoid strung alternatively; glazed beads mostly perished. | |
| 9801 | (none) | (none) | B17493 | Copper Pin Elongated knob head Tip missing Broken in several pieces Type I |
| 9848 | (none) | (none) | B17284 | Copper Spindle Whorl? Conical shaped and hollowed to admit wood, part of which remains. On top was found half of a bone cap vertically perforated. [drawing] |
| 9860 | (none) | (none) | B17363 | Copper Chisel. Flat blade. Type IV. [drawing] | |
| 9863E | (none) | (none) | B16907 | [A-B] 2 Gold Chains. [C] 1 silver chain. (badly broken, poor condition) [D] 1 large facetted gold lentoid base; [E] 4 large facetted lapis lentoid beads; Gold chains, normal type with double twisted links giving a square section. Silver chain similar. Worn round the head. For details see Field Note. | |
| 9865 | (none) | (none) | B17341 | Copper Tool. Consisting of a copper stem one half of which is rounded in section and the other half rectangular: stem is perforated through centre. One end shaped like a chisel, the second shaped like a borer. [drawing] | |
| 9866 | (none) | (none) | B17342 | Copper Pin One end rounded off [drawing] Type IX? | |
| 9868A | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| 9871 | (none) | (none) | B17278 | Copper Axe. Slender type. Made in 1 piece. Type XIV Variant. [drawing] | |
| 9904 | (none) | (none) | B17356 | Copper Nail or Stud (head broken and a fragment missing) square shaft and very large head of thin metal, convex [drawing] 1:2 | |
| 9913 | (none) | (none) | B17343 | Copper Object Long slender rod, one end flattened to a chisel shape, probably for hafting, the other end slenderer and curled. All over the curled end there are marks of binding with fine string or sinew. To it is attached part of a second perhaps similar rod. [drawing] | |
| 9915A | (none) | (none) | B17501A | Copper Bolt. [A-F] A set of 6 found together: 2 have solid flat heads and are bent 4 have coiled heads Type VII [drawings] 1:1 | |
| 9916A | (none) | (none) | B17465 | [A-B] Copper Nails (2) Round in section and flattened towards the tip, which is bent over as in the case of the clay nails. Type VII. | |
| 9917C | (none) | (none) | B17466 | [A-E] Copper Bolts With coiled heads Type VII |
| 9918A | (none) | (none) | B17586 | [A-B] Copper arrow butts 2 (one broken) [drawing] | |
| 9920 | (none) | (none) | B17585 | Beads Lapis double conoids and a few silver balls |
| 9924 | (none) | (none) | B17127 | White calcite Vase. Type II. |
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