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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 822 | (none) | 1923,1110.61 | (none) | Stone bowl of coarse grey limestone, chip out of rim. |
| 823D | (none) | 1923,1110.67 | (none) | [A-E] Five Roundels Green stone. Flat below and domed above possibly lids for vases? |
| 838 | (none) | 1923,1110.1 | (none) | Basalt hinge-stone. In bad condition. Inscribed with the name of GIMILSIN. |
| 858 | (none) | 1923,1110.55 | (none) | Alabaster pot. Cylindrical, with out-turned flat rim a hole in one side, and most of rim missing. Restored from fragments. [drawing] |
| 874 | (none) | 1923,1110.39 | (none) | Fragment of Diorite vessel. Ends of 4 lines of a longer inscription. Unintelligible. |
| 875 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of Sumerian contract. Placed in IN/No 2. | |
| 881 | (none) | 1923,1110.25 | (none) | Alabaster vase fragment of slightly carinated cylindrical jar in white-veined mackeral alabaster. Inscribed: portions of 2 lines. Probably a dedication to 'Nin'-(gal?) by... [king] 'of Ur' Type RC.5 |
| 883 | (none) | 1923,1110.56 | (none) | Alabaster vase fragment (about 1/3) of, giving complete section, of carinated cylindrical jar with plain everted rim in pink-veined mackeral alabaster. |
| 892 | (none) | 1923,1110.64 | (none) | Alabaster bowl, fragment of highly colored veined alabaster. About 1/3 of bowl, composed of 4 fragments, stuck together. Type RC.25. |
| 904 | (none) | 1923,1110.181 | (none) | Beads. String of made up from off beads collected in the course of the dig. 56 carnelian, 1 gold. |
| 906 | (none) | 1923,1110.180 | (none) | Beads string of, made up from odd beads collected in the course of the dig. 30 in all carnelian and agate |
| 908 | (none) | 1923,1110.22 | (none) | Broken alabaster jar. 9 line inscription containing a [ins: 8ft of] [crossed out: dedication to or for (possibly) a] a king of the 3rd Dynasty of Ur by Utti... of Ninni his beloved son. |
| 910 | (none) | 1923,1110.57 | (none) | Alabaster vase. Fragment. |
| 914 | (none) | 1923,1110.59 | (none) | Stone vase. Fragment of straight-sided deep bowl of granite. |
| 915 | (none) | 1923,1110.97 | (none) | Clay relief. Goddess seated on a chair: flounced skirt, horned headdress, 2 pegs behind to make it stand up. [drawing] | |
| 927 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay fragments. Showing portion of seal impression. A figure resembling the god Amurru behind a female deity. See U929 | |
| 928 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Small fragment of tag-label. Same seal impression as U.926. See U929 | |
| 944 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay fragment. With seal impression, traces of 1 line inscription and a single figure. Placed in IN/No. 8. | |
| 957 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay fragment. Seal impression, showing standing figures. | |
| 959 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay fragment with seal impression, showing animal figures and a tree. | |
| 971 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of tablet. Accounts. Persian period. IN/No.2 | |
| 973 | (none) | 1935,0113.3 | (none) | Fragment of mud-brick. With portion of Kudur-Mabug's brick inscription. |
| 975 | (none) | 1935,0113.4 | (none) | Fragment of Mud-brick. With portion of Bur-Sin inscription. |
| 981 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay fragment. With seal impression, showing standing human figure holding an animal by the tail, and two line inscription. | |
| 989 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of so-called heart-shaped tag or label. Portion of 3 line inscription and seal impression. IN/No.2 |
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