British Museum
Museum in London, UK. Co-sponsor of the expedition to Ur.
Museum founded in 1753 in London, UK, the first national public museum in the world. Opened to the public in 1759. Entry was free and given to ‘all studious and curious Persons’. The collections represent cultures from around the world. A pioneer of Mesopotamian archaeology. The museum is a public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. http://www.britishmuseum.org/
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1324 | (none) | 1935,0113.33 | (none) | Clay figurine. Fragment of. Brown clay: head and body only; moulded. male figure with long beard, low headdress. | |
| 1326 | (none) | 1935,0113.34 | (none) | Clay figurine. fragment of. drab clay. head only, wearing high (? horned) headdress. | |
| 1331 | (none) | 1924,0920.74 | (none) | Figurine. Light drab clay. Moulded. Nude figure, bearded, head and body facing, legs in profile. The god Ea(?) holding jar from which flow two streams. | |
| 1337 | (none) | 1924,0920.81 | (none) | Figurine. Fragment. Reddish drab clay: moulded. Head and breast of female figure, with headdress and necklace. | |
| 1338 | (none) | 1924,0920.83 | (none) | Figurine. Fragment. Drab clay. From below waist upards only. Moulded: female figure with necklace. | |
| 1341 | (none) | 1924,0920.88 | (none) | Figurine. Fragment, waist upward. Drab clay, moulded. Female figure, clother, with long hair, bearing infant in arms. | |
| 1346 | (none) | 1924,0920.85 | (none) | Figurine. Light red clay: moulded. Broken away below knees. Female figure, nude, with left hand raised. | |
| 1347 | (none) | 1924,0920.65 | (none) | Figurine. Drab clay: moulded, broken away at knees. Female figure, nude, with headdress, necklace (3 or 4-fold) and belt. | |
 | 1348 | (none) | 1924,0920.90 | (none) | Figurine. Drab clay: moulded, feet broken. Nude female figure. |
| 1349A | (none) | 1924,0920.108 | (none) | Relief fragment. Drab clay: moulded. Figure in profile (waist upwards only) apparently one of a group. There is a hooked attachment behind the figure. | |
| 1349B | (none) | 1924,0920.98 | (none) | Clay Relief, Fragment of, drab clay, molded. Figure in profile (waist upwards only) apparently one of a group. There is a hooked attachment behind the figure. | |
| 1351 | (none) | 1924,0920.393 | (none) | Fragment from base of large inscribed clay cone. Beginning of inscription of Warad-Sin king of Larsa: duplicate of U.19, U.700, etc. |
| 1361 | (none) | 1924,0920.233 | (none) | Bronze implemenet. Like a nail with 2 barbs or flanges. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1363 | (none) | 1935,0113.35 | (none) | Figurine. Head and feet broken off. Drab clay: moulded. Nude female figure. | |
| 1366 | (none) | 1924,0920.109 | (none) | Figurine. Fragment, lower part only. Drab clay: moulded. Female wearing skirt, walking right to left. | |
| 1368 | (none) | 1924,0920.390 | (none) | Fragment from base of stem of a clay cone, with the remains of a royal inscription of unknown authorship. Beginnings of 11 lines. |
| 1371 | (none) | 1924,0920.59 | (none) | Figurine. Drab clay. Moulded. Female figure, nude, with necklace. | |
| 1374 | (none) | 1924,0920.61 | (none) | Figurine. Red clay: moulded. Female figure wearing animal's skin over head and shoulders, and belt; holding circular object in both hands. | |
| 1376 | (none) | 1924,0920.79 | (none) | Figurine. Drab clay: moulded, the chair modeled. Female figure seated on chair (facing) holding cup in right hand. | |
| 1378 | (none) | 1924,0920.102 | (none) | Mould. Reddish grey clay, for figurines of nude females with necklace and belt. Top of head broken. | |
| 1379 | (none) | 1924,0920.104 | (none) | Mould. Fragment. Drab clay. For nude female figure, waist upwards only, remainder broken away. | |
| 1380 | (none) | 1935,0113.36 | (none) | Figurine. Fragment. Waist upwards only, drab clay: moulded. Female figure with high double headdress (weathered). | |
| 1384 | (none) | 1924,0920.93 | (none) | Figurine. Fragment, from below waist upwards only; drab clay: moulded. Figure with horned headdress. | |
| 1385 | (none) | 1924,0920.113 | (none) | Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only. Reddish clay: moulded. Bearded figure, with high headdress, the head in profile, and arms folded. | |
| 1388 | (none) | 1924,0920.181 | (none) | Figurine. Fragment, head and shoulders only; drab clay, bearded figure, the cap and body covered with a green glaze. [drawing 1:1] |
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