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)
2883 84-26-131 (none) B16560 Bricks of Nabonidus. House of the priestess. Nabonidus, king of Babylon who adorns E-sag-i-la and Ezida, the E-gig-par, the house of the priestess, which is inside of Ur, for Sin, my lord I built. H.C.
2728 (none) (none) B16562 Broken brick with graphic plan or game? P.35. In text: 3rd Dynasty Terrace (13) and Fig. [drawing 1:2]
284 (none) (none) B14937, B14937 Broken mace head. Alabaster. Inscription. Only first line showing, reads "Naram"-(Sin?). Placed in IN/No. 1.
16754 31-43-500 (none) (none) Bronze arrowhead. 3 flanges. Socketed. Type _.
6159 (none) (none) B16411 Bronze arrowhead. E. [drawing]
1158 (none) (none) B15760 Bronze arrowhead. P. [drawing 1:1]
19152 35-1-473 (none) (none) Bronze arrowheads. Type 1.
6642 31-17-265 (none) (none) Bronze bow. Fragment. Broken in 3 places. E.
123 (none) (none) B15280 Bronze bowl. Upper part on one side broken, but virtually all frs. there and fitting together. Metal in good condition. Near the rim on the outside is a sun and moon pattern. [drawing]
16661 31-43-492 (none) (none) Bronze dagger. Flat blade. Half circular in section. Flat hilt. Type _. [drawing]
15445 31-17-263 (none) (none) Bronze finger ring.
16752 31-43-573 (none) (none) Bronze finger ring. With oval bezel.
6126 (none) (none) B16418 Bronze flower head. 16 petals. E. [drawing 1:1]
306 (none) (none) B15279 Bronze gutter. three-sided, square in section: at one end the sides bent out to a slight shoulder to prevent slipping, at the other end cut down for a spout. When found, encased in wood ash.
1362 (none) (none) B15756 Bronze implement. (Drill?): square in section. [drawing 1:1]
6412 (none) (none) B16421 Bronze knife. Curved handle. [drawing 1:1]
6191 (none) (none) B16425 Bronze nail. E. [drawing 1:1]
109 (none) (none) B15286 Bronze object. Resembling double axe: very thin metal. [drawing 1:1] [Annotated] Phil
6459 (none) (none) B16414 Bronze Pin. E.
6141 (none) (none) B16415 Bronze pin. E. [drawing]
6494 (none) (none) B16416 Bronze pin. Spiral top.
15449 31-17-276 (none) (none) Bronze platter (?) With handle also in bronze (to be hafted onto wood?) with narrow rim; end of handle is missing. [drawing 1:5]
6413 (none) (none) B16403 Bronze prong. E. [drawing 1:1]
6089 (none) (none) B16407 Bronze ring. E. [drawing 1:1]
1557 (none) (none) B15758 Bronze ring. Plain circle. P.

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