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)
151 (none) 1923,1110.105 (none) Clay figurine. Moulded in relief. Ordinary Ishtar type: head missing. [drawing 1:1]
155 (none) 1923,1110.183 (none) Beads, string of found loose in soil together and re-strung. Large yellow paste and light carnelian, 13 in all.
159 (none) 1923,1110.115 (none) Clay figurine of a sow. [drawing]
178 (none) 1923,1110.46 (none) Statuette. Red stone. A winged bull or sphinx (?), couched, the head missing: in the back a small cup-like hollow. FGN drawing. [drawing]
179.1 (none) 1923,1110.186 (none) [.1-.2] Beads. Very small, of clear red glass. Also, with them some similar beads of garnet-color glass.
(none) (none) 1923,1110.186 (none) Unknown
180 (none) 1923,1110.184 (none) Beads. Large white facetted spheroids, glass paste, opaque: 10 in all.
191 (none) 1923,1110.106 (none) Moulded clay relief. Seated goddess. [drawing 1:]
192A (none) 1923,1110.148 (none) Bone [crossed out] Shell object. Resembling an elongated flower petal, grooved face, smooth at base, front curved: at the back 2 converging drill-holes showing trace of bronze wire whereby bone was attached to some other object. U.192 E Consists of 3 petals cut out of one piece of bone. [drawing 1:1]
192B (none) 1923,1110.149 (none) Bone [crossed out] Shell object. Resembling an elongated flower petal, grooved face, smooth at base, front curved: at the back 2 converging drill-holes showing trace of bronze wire whereby bone was attached to some other object. U.192 E Consists of 3 petals cut out of one piece of bone. [drawing 1:1]
192C (none) 1923,1110.150 (none) Bone [crossed out] Shell object. Resembling an elongated flower petal, grooved face, smooth at base, front curved: at the back 2 converging drill-holes showing trace of bronze wire whereby bone was attached to some other object. U.192 E Consists of 3 petals cut out of one piece of bone. [drawing 1:1]
192D (none) 1923,1110.151 (none) Bone [crossed out] Shell object. Resembling an elongated flower petal, grooved face, smooth at base, front curved: at the back 2 converging drill-holes showing trace of bronze wire whereby bone was attached to some other object. U.192 E Consists of 3 petals cut out of one piece of bone. [drawing 1:1]
192E (none) 1923,1110.147 (none) Bone [crossed out] Shell object. Resembling an elongated flower petal, grooved face, smooth at base, front curved: at the back 2 converging drill-holes showing trace of bronze wire whereby bone was attached to some other object. U.192 E Consists of 3 petals cut out of one piece of bone. [drawing 1:1]
195 (none) 1923,1110.49 (none) Granite pick-head. Broken. Ceremonial or votive offering. [drawing]
197 (none) 1923,1110.46 (none) Stand (?) [Crossed out] Mace-head Grey schist circular with large hole through the center: possibly stand for ceremonial pick??? Originally inlaid. [drawing]
198 (none) 1923,1110.19 (none) Limestone mace-head. Fr. of Inscribed. [Annotated] Dedication to the god Mastamtaeea for the life of [Crossed out: Bur Sin II(?) of Isin] Ibi-Sin, last king of the Third Dynasty. greatest dimensions [Annotated] Copied + transliterated. Placed in IN/No. 1.
210 (none) 1923,1110.43 (none) Stone bowl Fragment. (joined up from 2) of a bowl of fine-grained black stone: on the outside carved in low relief, long-horned oxen: of one the whole body and one horn remaining, head missing: of the other, only a fragment of the hind-quarters: the tail of the second animal is short and curled and it may well be other than an ox.
216 (none) 1923,1110.102 (none) Terracotta relief. [drawing 1:1]
218 (none) 1923,1110.185 (none) Beads. 5 white glass (opaque) ball beads with narrow bands of light yellow: one similar drop pendant: 8 small barrel beads of red pebble (??)
220 (none) 1923,1110.38 (none) Tablet. Dark steatite. Fragment only Inscribed on both sides. [Annotated] Probably concerns the building of E-temen-ni-il. [Annotated] Placed in IN/No. 1.
225A (none) 1923,1110.123 (none) [A-M] Pieces of faience inlay. Pierced traversely for attachment. Color green. Much faded. (Back view) [drawing 1:1]
231 (none) 1923,1110.41 (none) Stone vase. 4 fragments (of which 2 fit together) of a straight-sided bowl of dark steatite. On the outside, mythological scenes carved in relief - two-headed monster holding the horns of an ibex: another figure fighting serpentine beast: a lion: scorpions: fish, etc. On the inside, inscription. [Annotated] Drawing only [Annotated] Reg. Ins. 9
232 (none) 1923,1110.17 (none) Stone vase. 3 fragments (2 of which joined together) of limestone bowl. On the outside, carved in relief, a seated goddess with 2 children and a standing god, and 5 figures of adorants. Also an inscription. [annotated] Drawn: see photo.
244 (none) 1923,1110.30 (none) Limestone fragment. Inscribed by priest of Nannar named en-an-ni-pao-da. Duplicate U.245, U.237. [Annotated] Copied: placed in IN/No 1.
245 (none) 1923,1110.33 (none) Limestone fragment. Inscribed with a duplicate text of U.244. [Annotated] Copied: Placed in IN/No. 1

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