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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10597B | (none) | (none) | B17577 | Tomb group. A. Beads, lapis double conoids and 1 gold lentoid. B. Silver wire coil earrings. C. Cockle shells with paint. D. [.1-.2]) Copper pin with lapis head (broken) | |
| 10597C | (none) | (none) | B17592 | Tomb group. A. Beads, lapis double conoids and 1 gold lentoid. B. Silver wire coil earrings. C. Cockle shells with paint. D. [.1-.2]) Copper pin with lapis head (broken) | |
| 10597D.1 | (none) | (none) | B17578.1 | Tomb group. A. Beads, lapis double conoids and 1 gold lentoid. B. Silver wire coil earrings. C. Cockle shells with paint. D. [.1-.2]) Copper pin with lapis head (broken) | |
 | 10610 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet Receipt of grain (Ur III Dyn.) H.C. 112 |
| 10629 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet Account (UR III Dyn.) of clothes received (cf. U.10628). 3rd. month, written u-nehuku year data, mu-us-sa bad-gal ba+du. cf. U.10617 and U.10630, see now U.11004. H.C. 120 |
| 10630 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet Account (IIIrd. Dyn. Ur) Of clothes received (cf. U.10629). 11th.month. perhaps: itu eyend-me-ki-gal but apparently written eyen-mas /...(- intercalled second month of that name??) Year date: mu bad-gal ba-du - (cf. Um 10629). H.C.121 |
| 10708 | (none) | (none) | B17029 | Cylinder Seal Shell Rampant bird headed men and antelopes | |
| 10713B | (none) | (none) | B17277 | [A-B] 2 Flat Copper Axe Blades Short Turned over tangs only one intact [drawing] Type IV | |
| 10742 | (none) | (none) | B16938 | Necklace with silver dog amulet Jasper, carnelian, silver beads and one (oolite?) Silver dog has a harness represented by a relatively wide band of copper round neck along top of back and running round rear portion of body in a single piece. Body perforated longitudinally. For order and sketch see Field Note. | |
| 10743 | (none) | (none) | B16939 | Copper Bowl Hemispherical Type__ | |
| 10744A | (none) | (none) | B16937 | [A-B] 2 Copper Bangles Single coil Loose ends | |
| 10745 | (none) | (none) | B16940 | Gold earring Flattened lunate ends | |
| 10746 | (none) | (none) | B16919, B17087 | Calcite Lamp Translucent. White Decorated with a man-headed couchant bull in relief. Head horned and bearded. Beard, mane, and all hairy portions of body painted black. Much of paint remains and has been preserved. | |
| 10748 | (none) | (none) | B17245 | Offering Table Baked clay Champagne vase type Combed decoration and criss-cross incisions above stem Badly broken Type__ | |
| 10753 | (none) | (none) | B16920 | Necklace 3 strings For order see Field Note Minute gold and lapis barrel beads. Gold, carnelian, and lapis double conoids. | |
| 10754 | (none) | (none) | B16921 | Gold Diadem Elliptical Impressed bead border. Perforated at either end [drawing] | |
| 10755 | (none) | (none) | B16922 | Gold Ribbon Coiled round forehead from ear to ear. Perforated at each end Narrower than usual | |
| 10756A | (none) | (none) | B16923A | [A-B] 2 Gold Bracelets | |
| 10757 | (none) | (none) | B16924 | Cylinder Seal Carnelian with gold caps 3 goddesses, one seated; on the lap of the seated goddess a naked male figure. All the goddesses wear wigs of similar type and hair done up at back in a bun. One advances towards throne carrying a bowl, the second carries a vase with a splayed base suspended by a long handle. Behind throne a goddess carrying an (Ostrich fan?) All the goddesses wear skirts fringed at bottom and with a long hem running down side. | |
| 10758.1 | (none) | (none) | B16925A | [.1-.2] 2 Gold Ear Rings Each a pair consisting of lunate ended rings one big and one small linked together, a pair on each ear [drawing] | |
| 10761 | (none) | (none) | B17540 | Copper Bucket With copper ring handle XXIII New 46 | |
| 10777 | (none) | (none) | B17351 | Copper Dagger Short tang with 3 rivets on either side | |
| 10788 | (none) | (none) | B17566 | Gold Diadem Consisting of wide gold fillet worn above elliptical shaped piece of gold foil with straight ends And piece of thin gold ribbon [drawing] [drawing] 1:5 58x5=290 | |
| 10789 | (none) | (none) | B17567 | Beads Forming a bangle [struck out: "In center large flattened elliptical shaped agate bead"] Gold balls, carnelian rings and barrels & lapis barrels | |
| 10790 | (none) | (none) | B17571 | Gold Finger Ring Single piece of gold wire, circumference hammered over, giving the appearance of 2 coils Normal type |
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