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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 991 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragments of tablets. Placed in separate box. | |
| 992 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Small fragments of tablets. Placed in separate box. | |
 | 996A | (none) | 1923,1110.51, 1923,1110.52, 1923,1110.53 | (none) | Stone bowl. grey steatite. Broken. Hemispherical with projecting spout square in section and pierced by a hole below the rim. Rim decorated with diagonal stripes, round sides, below rim, a band of compass-drawn incised circles. |
| 1007 | (none) | 1923,1110.101 | (none) | Terracotta relief, moulded. Male figure, bearded with horned cap, holding two objects against shoulders in Osirid fashion: flounced skirt. Full length: broken and mended, chip missing out of skirt. Whitish clay. | |
| 1008A | (none) | 1923,1110.100 | (none) | Terracotta relief. Whitish clay. Moulded, female figure, nude with hands to breasts bead necklace, organs dotted, big earrings and very prominent features. Lower part of leg missing but feet preserved separately. | |
| 1008B | (none) | 1935,0113.88 | (none) | Terracotta relief ? [A] Female figure, made with hands to breasts bead necklace, against dated, big earrings and very prominent features. lower part of legs missing. but [B] feet preserved separately. Whitish clay | |
| 1009 | (none) | 1923,1110.104 | (none) | Terracotta relief. Moulded Female figure, upper part of: nude, against a cloak which comes over shoulders in part & is thrown back to cover field behind body. Elaborately dressed hair: necklaces, coiled bracelets: hands on breasts. Whiteish clay. | |
| 1012 | (none) | 1923,1110.99 | (none) | Terracotta relief. Red clay. Moulded, in a rectangular frame (shrine?) a female figure wearing turreted headdress, heavy cloak with big rosettes on shoulders, flounced skirt. In each hand a bottle (?): 4 large rosettes in field above shoulders. Features pinched and not recognizable. Broken off at knees. | |
| 1015 | (none) | 1923,1110.103 | (none) | Terracotta relief. Moulded. Upper part of bearded male figure wearing tall horned cap and carrying against his shoulders two objects like axes (?) (Osirid style of U.1007, which is of a different mould). Broken below elbows and surface much destroyed. Greenish white clay. | |
| 1017 | (none) | 1923,1110.108 | (none) | Terracotta relief. Moulded. Upper part of bearded male figure in profile head uncovered, with heavy hair: cloak over left shoulder; right hand carries over shoulder a flail. Whitish clay. | |
| 1025 | (none) | 1923,1110.114 | (none) | Terracotta figure. Drab clay. Hand modeled. A donkey? On its back object incomplete either panniers and saddle or legs of rider(?). One hind leg missing. | |
| 1027B | (none) | 1923,1110.119 | (none) | Wheels. Clay. With pierced projecting hubs and cogged edges. (A) Reddish clay. (B) Greenish clay. | |
| 1029 | (none) | 1923,1110.118 | (none) | Rattle. Wheel form with double rim cogged and small central hole. Small stone(?) inside.Greenish clay. | |
| 1033 | (none) | 1923,1110.91 | (none) | Model boat. of Green clay. Side chipped and stern peak missing. Flat bottomed. | |
| 1035B | (none) | 1923,1110.92 | (none) | Frs of three model boats. A only Phil. | |
| 1036 | (none) | 1923,1110.80 | (none) | Clay Vase. Handmade. Reddish clay with white slip. [drawing] | |
| 1105 | (none) | 1935,0113.17 | (none) | Clay figurine. Fragment of (weathered) Below waist upwards. moulded: grey clay. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1106 | (none) | 1935,0113.18 | (none) | Clay figurine. Fragments (weathered) Waist upwards. Moulded: Pink clay. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1110 | (none) | 1924,0920.153 | (none) | Clay figurine. Fragment of. Head and body- arms broken off. Hand-modeled: clay: [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1115 | (none) | 1924,0920.179 | (none) | Seal. Black burnt clay. Incised lines on face. [drawing] |
| 1117 | (none) | 1924,0920.275 | (none) | Clay box. Coffin-shaped: adorned with snakes in relief: drab clay. Not to scale. [drawing] |
| 1118B | (none) | 1924,0920.275 | (none) | Clay Box-lid. 3 fragments. Adorned with snakes in relief: light drab clay. (cf. U.1117) [drawing 2:5] | |
| 1119 | (none) | 1935,0113.821 | (none) | Clay Box-lid.. About 1/3 broken off. Adorned with snakes in relief: snake-headed and boss handle. Reddish clay. [drawing 1:5] | |
| 1120 | (none) | 1924,0920.147 | (none) | Clay head of pig, fragment, moulded: reddish clay. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1133 | (none) | 1924,0920.119 | (none) | Clay jar-stopper. Fragment with impression of archaic cylinder seal. Erect animals and men. [drawing 1:1] |
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