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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1753 | (none) | 1924,0920.95 | (none) | Relief disk. Moulded in greenish-white clay. A grotesque face. The eyes are pierced and so are 2 holes near the place for the ears, as it is for suspension: the disk face is conves, and hollow behind. | |
| 1755 | (none) | 1924,0920.68 | (none) | Figure. Moulded. Reddish clay. On a chair or throne, (broken) upright female (?) figure, full face. Hands on breasts, body apparently draped: on head, a mural (?) crown: heavy curls over shoulders. | |
| 1756 | (none) | 1924,0920.75 | (none) | Relief. Moulded clay. Grotesque male figure, full face: Bes-like head, right arm raised, left to breast, body nude, large genital organs, bowl legs. Feet together. | |
| 1757 | (none) | 1924,0920.69 | (none) | Relief. Light red clay. Moulded. Female figure seated figure right: intact from same mould as U.1375. | |
| 1758 | (none) | 1924,0920.84 | (none) | Relief. Light drab clay. Moulded. Female(?) figure seated left; long robe to feet; hgih horned (?) headdress; from the shoulders rise rays or wings represented by 3 strokes. | |
| 1759 | (none) | 1924,0920.67 | (none) | Figurine. Light red clay. Moulded. Nude female figure seated, full face, wears full-bottomed wig and bead-collar: with both hands holds infant to left breast. Roughly modeled in relief: two legs behind enable relief to stand up. | |
| 1766 | (none) | 1924,0920.146 | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Green clay. Fragment. Head only, much damaged, of ram. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1767 | (none) | 1924,0920.376 | (none) | Figurine. Drab clay. Female, nude, upright, feet broken. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1768 | (none) | 1924,0920.373 | (none) | Figurine. Red clay. Female, robed, arms raised, feet, broken, worn. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1769 | (none) | 1924,0920.378 | (none) | Figurine. Red clay. Head and shoulders only. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1770 | (none) | 1924,0920.380 | (none) | Figurine. Red clay. Female, head and trunk only, holding tamborine. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1771 | (none) | 1924,0920.370 | (none) | Figurine. Drab clay. Female with headdress and flounced skirt. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1772 | (none) | 1924,0920.377 | (none) | Figurine. Drab clay, female, nude,. Head, trunk and thighs only. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1773 | (none) | 1924,0920.372 | (none) | Figurine. Drab clay, robed and bearded: head and trunk only. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1774 | (none) | 1924,0920.381 | (none) | Figurine. Drab clay. Head only, tiered headdress. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1775 | (none) | 1924,0920.371 | (none) | Figurine. Drab clay. Male, head and torso only. Bearded and mitred. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1776 | (none) | 1924,0920.369 | (none) | Figurine. Red clay. Flounced robes, with hands raised and carrying pots. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1777 | (none) | 1924,0920.374 | (none) | Relief. Drab clay with lion in relief, skirt of god superimposed. [drawing 1:1] | |
 | 2501 | (none) | 1927,1003.8 | (none) | Inscribed tablet. Brown limestone. Fragment. Incomplete Semitic text. Obverse: 7 lines. Reverse: weather worn. Ink-drawing. Neo-Babylonian. |
| 2508 | (none) | 1927,1003.64 | (none) | Spindle whorl. Black steatite. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2510 | (none) | 1927,1003.249 | (none) | Finger ring. White shell (much decayed) Oblong bezel with flower rosette and traces of leaf on either side. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2513 | (none) | 1935,0113.48 | (none) | Figurine. Drab clay. Nude female, head and torso only. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 2515 | (none) | 1927,1003.156 | (none) | Figurine. Buff clay. Seated goddess facing left: pleated skirt: right hand raised left hand holding bottle: headdress missing. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 2517 | (none) | 1935,0113.49 | (none) | Figurine. Drab clay. Nude female, head and trunk only. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 2520 | (none) | 1927,1003.36 | (none) | Clay cone. greyish color. Inscribed. Fragment. Half of second column. Restoration of temple and ?? III Ur Dynasty. Ink drawing. |
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