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)
7624 (none) (none) B17405 Bowl. Copper. [drawing 2:5] Where are field notes?
7933 (none) (none) B17442 Bowl. Copper. Type III.
1005 (none) (none) B14986 Bowl. Egg-shell ware. Pale drab color, wheelmade. Broken but joins up. Type XCV =P.187
1702 (none) (none) B15812 Bowl. Fine drab clay; wheelmade; with raised decoration imitating metal form; (in fragments)
1622 (none) (none) B15803 Bowl. Fine-grained greenish stone. Type VII.
1735 (none) (none) B15768 Bowl. Light red clay with creamy slip. P. [drawing 1:1]
7947 (none) (none) B17305 Bowl. Limestone. White. Broken and part of base missing. Stone type XII.
8725 (none) (none) B17172 Bowl. Limestone. White. Indented rim. Stone type XCI (also oval bowl stone U.8724)
8717 (none) (none) B17032 Bowl. Limestone. White. Stone type XII.
7943 (none) (none) B17173 Bowl. Limestone. White. Type LX stone
11487 30-12-76 (none) (none) Bowl. Of white calcite. Broken & rivetted in antiquity. Broken but complete found covered with matting of which the imprint remains. Type LXXI. [drawing]
6763 (none) (none) B16221 Bowl. Oolite stone. Mottled. Type XLIV. E.
17681 32-40-142 (none) (none) Bowl. Pink limestone. Not RC or L [drawing]
8764 (none) (none) B17161 Bowl. Steatite. Dark green. Stone type LXII.
6917 (none) (none) B16225 Bowl. Stone. Black. Broken and fragmentary. Type. Ur.
10963 (none) (none) B17139 Bowl. Translucent white calcite. Type XII. [drawing]
10436A (none) (none) B16744A Box (?) Semi-circular The body of [B] silver, the lid of [A] shell and lapis inlay. The lid is of soild shell with inlaid diamond decoration found round the edge and engraved concentric lines on the top: inside this frame is a figure of a lion just after a spring silhouetted against lapis, the engraved lines filled in with red and black. Found on the SE side of the the box.
10436B (none) (none) B16744b Box (?) Semi-circular The body of [B] silver, the lid of [A] shell and lapis inlay. The lid is of soild shell with inlaid diamond decoration found round the edge and engraved concentric lines on the top: inside this frame is a figure of a lion just after a spring silhouetted against lapis, the engraved lines filled in with red and black. Found on the SE side of the the box.
16369 31-43-127 (none) (none) Bracelet. Beads: Carnelian rings and a few glass balls (decayed).
16370 31-43-127 (none) (none) Bracelet. Beads: Ivory(?) double hemispherical beads & carnelian rings.
6669 (none) (none) B16427 Bracelet. Bronze. Oval shaped. E. [drawing]
8783 (none) (none) B17463 Bradawl. Bitumen handle, copper borer, tip of bore missing. [drawing]
2891 (none) (none) B16465, B16465 Brick of Bur Sin/ Building temple of En-ki the Apsu. (SAKI p.196. Brick C) H.C.
2880B (none) (none) B16535B Brick of Dungi. "Dun-gi, mighty hero, king of Ur, king of Sumer and Akkad, E-har-sag, his beloved house, has built." H.C.
2880C (none) (none) B16536 Brick of Dungi. "Dun-gi, mighty hero, king of Ur, king of Sumer and Akkad, E-har-sag, his beloved house, has built." H.C.

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