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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
| 8315 | (none) | (none) | B17425 | Copper knife. Leaf shaped blade with very thin but marked central rib and short tang. Type 3 (new). |
| 8318 | (none) | (none) | B17474 | Copper chisel with straight sides, flat cutting edge, and triangular butt. [Type] IV. | |
| 8320 | (none) | (none) | B17306 | Stone bowl. White limestone, with nicked rim. (broken) Type IX. | |
| 8323A | (none) | (none) | B16831 | [A-B] Two pottery crescents. The larger one [B] with incised marks as below [drawing] 1:1 | |
| 8325 | (none) | (none) | B16802 | Figurine of bull in lapis lazuli wearing a false beard. [drawing] 1:1 Style of the 1st Dynasty of Ur. | |
| 8328 | (none) | (none) | B17174 | Stone bowl. White limestone with nicked edge. Type XLIII. | |
| 8335 | (none) | (none) | B16764 | Pendant of blue paste (imitation lapis) a flat dish with slight protuberances. Where the 2 holes come. [drawing] 1:1 | |
| 8345A.1 | (none) | (none) | B17189 | [A and B] 2 cockle shells. Containing green paint. |
| 8348A | (none) | (none) | B17228 | [A-C] Three figurines of animals. Roughly modeled in clay. Best example [A]: [drawing 1:1] | |
| 8366 | (none) | (none) | B17445 | Copper saw. Broad leaf-shaped blade nicked along one edge: solid tang. Broken across and the end of the blade missing altogether. | |
| 8399 | (none) | (none) | B14980 | Stone vase. Pot of white calcite. The rim badly chipped. Type LXXXVII. |
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