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)
1034	(none)	(none)	B15231	Clay Boat. hand moulded of greenish clay Stern-piece missing.
1035A	(none)	(none)	B15230	Frs of three model boats. A only Phil.
1042	(none)	(none)	B14998	Terracotta figurine. fr. of. in light drab clay. Part (Head and shoulders and feet gone) of the usual nude female type with beaded triangle.
1044	(none)	(none)	B15271	Button seal. White quartzite, oval top. Roughly engraved with date. [drawing]
1054	(none)	(none)	B15276	Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Very small.
1101	(none)	(none)	B15730	Duck weight. Black granite. Rough P.
1103	(none)	(none)	B15678	Clay Figurine. Fragment of. From waist upwards. Moulded: pinkish clay. [drawing 1:1] P
1104	(none)	(none)	B15690	Clay Figurine. Fragment of head, breasts, and left shoulder. moulded; drab clay. [drawing 1:1]
1107	31-16-911	(none)	(none)	Clay Figurine. Fragment of. Breast downwards. moulded: pinkish clay [drawing 1:1]
1108	31-16-912	(none)	(none)	Clay figurine. fragment of. neck downwards. moulded: greenish clay [drawing]
1112	(none)	(none)	B15711	Clay chair. Fragment. grey-drab clay. P. [drawing 1:1]
1113	31-16-910	(none)	B19317	Clay Figurine. Fragment of. below waist downwards; seated. moulded. drab clay [drawing 1:1]
1114	31-43-350	(none)	(none)	Clay figurine. modelled : drab clay [drawing]
1137	31-16-827	(none)	(none)	Clay Figurine. Fragment of bearded head and right shoulder. Moulded: light reddish clay. [drawing 1:1]
1151	(none)	(none)	B15617	Portion (about half) of small baked clay cylinder of Nabonidus, duplicate of U.1111 etc. Found in 2 pieces and joined. P.
1154	(none)	(none)	B15618	Fragment from right side of small baked clay barrel-cylinder of Nabonidus. 17 lines from 2nd column. Inscription duplicate of U.1111, U.1131, etc. P.
1158	(none)	(none)	B15760	Bronze arrowhead. P. [drawing 1:1]
1164	(none)	(none)	B15657	Clay Figurine. Fragment of. Red clay: moulded. Assyrian style. [drawing 1:1]
1165	(none)	(none)	B15885	Black stone gate socket, with long but incomplete inscr. running round the side. Beginning and end lost, partly by the breaking off of one side of the stone, partly by flaking away the surface. 42 ll remain, recording the building of an archive-house (dub-la-mah), annexed to the court of justice, by Bur-Sin I, king of Ur. The text ends with blessings and curses upon those who should respect or destroy the king's monument. Photo 147 RI.71
1166	(none)	(none)	B15616	Portion from the shaft of a large clay cone, with inscription of Warad-Sin, king of Larsa, duplicate of U.641, etc. joined from 4 small fragments. P.
1170	(none)	(none)	B15753	Copper (or bronze) fish hook. P. [drawing 1:1]
1206	(none)	(none)	B15612, B15612	Pot sherd, upon the outside of which promiscuous cuneiform signs have been inscribed in an archaic hand, presumably as practice. P.
1211	(none)	(none)	B15695	Terra cotta face or mask, broken away from rest of object. Resembles Greek comic mask, but may be face of Pazuzu. [drawing] P Photo 174
1216	(none)	(none)	B15636	Small terracotta moulded relief, the lower end bent forward. Female figure possibly goddess, with elaborate headdress, wearing long flounced robe, hands clasped at waist. [drawing]
1218	31-16-838	(none)	(none)	Part of terracotta moulded relief of naked woman holding child at her breast. The child sits upon the left hand and is supported by right. Head and fast of the relief missing.