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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2726 | (none) | 1927,1003.195 | (none) | Seal cylinder. Soapstone. About BC2100 [drawing] |
| 2732 | (none) | 1927,1003.58 | (none) | Statue of Da-da-i-lum. Fragment of bust. Inscription of 2 lines on right shoulder: Da-da-i-lum Si-lim ilZu-fa = Dadailum Protection of Sin. Name is semitic and also the prayer Silu(m) protection, and the writing to Zu-en (= Sin) H.C. |
| 2733 | (none) | 1948,0423.9 | (none) | Clay tablet. Contract. Dated: When the great wall was built Gungunu 21 or 23 ?Month Su-es-da. Text: Sale of 18 date palm trees in the plantation of Ur-dingir-ra for 4 shekels? oath in the name of the king. |
| 2736 | (none) | 1927,1003.3 | (none) | Door-socket of Ur-Engur. Text: To Innina, the great lady, his lady, Ur dEngur, the mighty heero, king of Ur, king of Sumer and Akkad, Es-bur her beloved house he has built. Es = shrine, house. Bur = pot, vase H.C. |
| 2737 | (none) | 1927,1003.116 | (none) | Clay vase. Greenish drab ware : wheel made with incised circles on shoulder. Lip partly broken. Type CXXXIX =P.112 | |
| 2744 | (none) | 1927,1003.263 | (none) | Flint arrowhead. Leafshaped with fine teeth. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2747 | (none) | 1927,1003.254 | (none) | Paste statuette. Blue glass paste, much worn. Servant in attitude of devotion. Head and trunk only. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2748 | (none) | 1927,1003.238 | (none) | Shell mask. Grotesque: pierced for suspension [drawing 1:1] |
| 2751 | (none) | 1927,1003.105 | (none) | Bronze arrowhead. Triangular pattern [drawing 1:1] | |
| 2752 | (none) | 1927,1003.258 | (none) | Fragment of inlay. Lapis-lazuli, with incised lines representing hair or water. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2754 | (none) | 1927,1003.194 | (none) | Seal cylinder. White marble. About BC 2800. Inscription: Da-da-mu = D? dumu Gu-za-na? son of G? [drawing] |
| 2755B | (none) | 1927,1003.31 | (none) | Cone of Nu-ur Adad. Fragment. "To Nannar, crown of heaven, the ..., Eldest son of Enlil, Nuur." (Adad) the mighty hero, who takes care of Ur." |
| 2757 | (none) | 1927,1003.9 | (none) | Clay cylindrical column of Sin-balatsuigbi. Copy of inscriptions of Bur-Sin recording the foundation of 3 statues Ivth column in Semitic: Copy of bricks from? Ur work of Bur-Sin king of Ur, (which) when searching for the plan lines of Egish-shirgal, Sinbalatsuigbi, vice regent of Ur (has found). Nabushumiddina son of Idin-an-ni-u. priest (kal-lu) of Sin, for inspection has singled and inscribed. On the top: (In front) of the shrine of Enlil. H.C. (A15, p384) | |
| 2759A | (none) | 1927,1003.11 | (none) | [A-K] 11 cones of Warad-Sin. Numbered A to K. Found in position. Text (cf. Thur-Dang ISA. Arad(-Sin c)) in text: Zigg in Larsa period (8) |
| 2759F | (none) | 1927,1003.10 | (none) | [A-K] 11 cones of Warad-Sin. Numbered A to K. Found in position. Text (cf. Thur-Dang ISA. Arad(-Sin e)) in text: Ziggurat in Larsa period (8) | |
| 2764 | (none) | 1927,1003.190 | (none) | Stone dog. Couchant : of limestone, pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2765 | (none) | 1927,1003.198 | (none) | Seal cylinder. Dark (basalt) stone. 3rd Ur Dynasty. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2769 | (none) | 1927,1003.32 | (none) | Clay cone fragment. King of Larsa? Last lines of Column I -e-bar-bar-ra sul dUtu sa(g) azag gza-a. H.C. |
| 2773 | (none) | 1927,1003.167 | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Buff ware: portraying god wearing simplet fillet and carrying flail: sacred animal overhead. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 2774 | (none) | 1927,1003.176 | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Female, kneeling with hands on breast: head missing : reddish ware. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 2775 | (none) | 1927,1003.171 | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Drab ware: female votaress, nude, in attitude of devotion. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 2778 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cone of Su-mu-ilu. Head missing. Inscription complete (Cp. U.2634) |
| 2780A | (none) | 1927,1003.132 | (none) | Pottery vases. Buff ware: widely splayed lip and pointed below baseline. A. is reconstructed, B. fragmentary. Type CXLIII = L.107. Larsa period. Found associates with U.2781 and U.2782. ? No (10) etc. L.5. (6) | |
| 2783 | (none) | 1927,1003.136 | (none) | Pottery vase. Red ware with slight 'neck'. Type CXLVI. (not p) | |
| 2795 | (none) | 1927,1003.21 | (none) | Cone of Ur-Engur. Fragment. (Cf. 2595) To Enlil, king of the countries, his king, Ur Engur, reliant hero, king of Ur, of Sumer and Akkad, in Ur. The canal? of Ninni he has dug. H.C. |
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