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)
11141	(none)	(none)	B17116	White calcite Vase. Type LVI. [drawing 2:5]
11142	(none)	(none)	B17338	Copper Ladle. Very long handle and short trough spout. Ring at end of handle-broken off. Type LXXIII.
11145	(none)	(none)	B17282	Copper Pin. Elongated knob head. Square in section above, rounded below. Type I.
11147.1	(none)	(none)	B 17633	Beads. Lapis bugles and carnelian rings being the remains of a headdress (the rest had been plundered).
11148	(none)	(none)	B17598	Cylinder Seal. Shell. Poor condition. Present: scene: 2 figures advancing towards a seated god. Attributes: Crescent moon and horns standing on 2 feet. [drawing]
11154	(none)	(none)	B16692	Gold Ostrich Shell. Natural size, open at the top to make a vase: Decorated on the base and round rim with incrustation work in shell, lapis, and red stone. All the incrustation had fallen off, but has been partially restored on the analogy of the silver shell and of the real ostrich shells from the same grave.
11210	(none)	(none)	B17487	Copper Pin. With lapis lazuli ball head. Stem square in section at top and rounded below. Tip missing. Upper portion of stem is perforated for suspension. Type V. [drawing]
11211	(none)	(none)	B17599	Beads. (7). 1 Flattened steatite double conoid-grey. 1 carnelian double conoid. 1 black steatite bead with incised markings; shaped like a truncated cone. 2 carnelian ring beads. 1 gold ring bead. 1 grey steatite bead square in section - tubular. [drawing 1:1]
11214	(none)	(none)	B16969	Silver Paint Box. In 2 compartments consisting of 2 small hemispherical bowls with a straight partition between. Traces of black paint in one compartment. Minute perforated lugs on either side in the middle to allow of suspension. Rib runs round width of belly of box on the outside. [drawing]
11221	(none)	(none)	B17273	Copper Adze. [drawing]
11222	(none)	(none)	B16745	Shell Plaque. half. Silhouetted: a half-human monster fighting with a bull. [drawing 1:1]
11226	(none)	(none)	B17492	Copper pin. Plain tang head. Type I.
11228	(none)	(none)	B17160	Miniature Stone Bowl. Type 19 (new). [drawing]
11231	(none)	(none)	B16909	Obsidian Nail. Miniature. Square in section. T Shaped top. [drawing 1:1]
11400	(none)	(none)	B17198	Limestone relief. Fragment of inlay from a frieze. The upper part of a male figure with arms raised holding a pole as if punting a boat.
11628	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Fragment of large baked account tablet. cf. 11601
11703	(none)	(none)	B8547b	Copper Bowl. Oval in pretty good condition. Corroded on to it, in the inside, are a copper lamp and a hemispherical copper bowl.
11780A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Beads. All the mixed lot collected from the grave: see Field Notes. [B] Some human teeth.
11813	(none)	(none)	B8482	Stone Vase. White calcite.
12371A.1	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group: [A.1-.3] 3 silver wire spiral coil earrings. [B] Necklace of gold and lapis large fluted ball beads. [C] Copper pin with ball head VI B. [D] Slender copper needle. [E] Cylinder seal, white calcite.
12423E	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group: [A] Gold hair ribbon. [B.1-.2] Large gold lunate earring. [C] Wreath of gold leaves on lapis and carnelian beads. [D] Silver comb with inlaid flowers. [E] Necklace of lapis and gold triangles. [F] Necklace of gold and lapis double conoid beads. [G] Silver pin with lapis and gold head [Type] VI B. [H] Silver pin with lapis head [Type] VI B. [I] Copper pin with lapis head (broken). [J] A silver finger ring. [K] Wristlet of tubular gold and lapis beads and carnelian rings (order in field notes).
12560	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Fragment. Giving weight. Of many objects (of metal). HC 528.
12562	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Accounts (copper). Dungi 22. HC 526
12570	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cone. (Warad-Sin or Rim-Sin). Fragment. Part of 14 lines. Partly identical with R1U 130. (Perhaps identical inscription? But RIU 130, 10 is different in one sign; and present inscription is from first or incomplete column of stem (and corresponding part of R1U 130 is from a second column (of head?). HC 116
12664A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group: [A] (1) Wooden comb completely broken. [B] (2) Clay bottle, smoked grey ware. [C] (3) Earring - silver and copper intertwined lunate ends. 1 1/2 spiral coils. [D] 1 silver finger ring plain and [E] 1 copper [finger ring]. [F] Lapis cylinder seal. Two enthroned bird men sucking straws from a champagne vase . [G] Small beads. Lapis and silver rings and one large flat square lapis.