1142http://www165.123.244.137/subject/1142/1044MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumObject TypeStamp SealsSeason Number01: 1922-1923TechniqueImpressedIconographyDotMaterialQuartziteU Number1044Description (Modern)Quartzite round seal with convex back. Pierced for suspension. Depicts animals with dots and lines.Description (Catalog Card)Button seal. White quartzite, oval top. Roughly engraved with date. [drawing]Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)Nannar templeMaterial (Catalog Card)QuartziteMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM B-number)B15271Measurement (X)32Measurement (Y)31Measurement (Z)1114031http://www165.123.244.137/subject/14031/13722 | 31-17-24MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumObject TypeStamp SealsSeason Number08: 1929-1930TechniqueImpressedIconographyAnimal/ZoomorphicMaterialAlabasterU Number13722Description (Modern)White alabaster stamp seal, flat face with convex back, dots, animals. Pierced for suspension.Description (Catalog Card)Stamp seal. Translucent white quartzite(?) oval, flat below & rounded above: on the flat base, traces of an animal design mostly done with a drill-point, in dots joined up by rough engraving; the design really unrecognisable now. [drawing 1:1]Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)PFT E5 - 160Material (Catalog Card)AlabasterMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)31-17-24Measurement (X)33Measurement (Y)30Measurement (Z)121482http://www165.123.244.137/subject/1482/1423MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumObject TypeStamp SealsSeason Number02: 1923-1924TechniqueImpressedMaterialUnfiredU Number1423Description (Modern)Stamp seal, square, convex, bird and plantsDescription (Catalog Card)Stamp seal. Square button in terracotta with rude incised device of a bird standing among plants. [drawing]Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)DiqdiqqaMaterial (Catalog Card)ClayMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM B-number)B15596Measurement (Catalog Card)0.025 x 0.022 x (ht) 0.01616510http://www165.123.244.137/subject/16510/16117 | 31-43-66MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumObject TypeStamp SealsSeason Number09: 1930-1931MaterialChalcedonyMaterialCopper AlloyU Number16117Description (Modern)Foggy white chalcedony conical stamp seal. Pierced through the top of seal with copper ring. Face of seal depicts a human figure, possibly with wings.Description (Catalog Card)Stamp seal. Mauve chalcedony(?) Concial-suspended by copper wire. Roughly engraved with figure of a man. [drawing]Woolley's descriptionDescription (Archival)On copper ring mounting. standing hero (with wings?)
UE X: worshipper before an offering table. chalcedony stamp seal.Find Context (Catalog Card)G/30, 6 NT. P122.Material (Catalog Card)ChalcedonyMaterial as described by WoolleyMaterial (Catalog Card)Copper AlloyMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)31-43-66Measurement (Catalog Card)H. 20mmMeasurement (Length)28.0Measurement (Width)14.0Measurement (Depth)18.0Measurement (X)27Measurement (Y)18Measurement (Z)1316513http://www165.123.244.137/subject/16513/16120Object TypeScaraboid SealsSeason Number09: 1930-1931TechniqueImpressedMaterialFritU Number16120Description (Catalog Card)Scaraboid seal. Dark green glazed frit. Engraved with crescent moon and squatting man. [drawing]Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)NT, Persian graveMaterial (Catalog Card)FritMaterial as described by Woolley16597http://www165.123.244.137/subject/16597/16190 | 31-43-8MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumObject TypeStamp SealsSeason Number09: 1930-1931TechniqueImpressedIconographySerpent/Snake?IconographyAnimal SceneMaterialShellU Number16190Description (Modern)White shell seal, oblong. flat, snake, bored holesDescription (Catalog Card)Amulet. Shell. Flattened double conoid. Engraved with design of snaked(?)Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)URMaterial (Catalog Card)ShellMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)31-43-8Measurement (Catalog Card)L. 32mm, great W. 18mmMeasurement (X)32Measurement (X)33Measurement (Y)18Measurement (Y)18Measurement (Z)1016605http://www165.123.244.137/subject/16605/16198A | 31-43-213MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumObject TypeSeal RingsSeason Number09: 1930-1931TechniqueImpressedMaterialCopper AlloyU Number16198ADescription (Modern)Seal Ring, passing animal?Description (Catalog Card)[A-B] 2 bronze [bronze is struck through and silver written next to it] finger rings. (A) one with circular bezel.
Phil.Woolley's descriptionDescription (Archival)Passing animal?Find Context (Catalog Card)Persian grave A.D.Material (Catalog Card)SilverMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)31-43-213Measurement (Catalog Card)diams. 002Measurement (Width)14.0Measurement (Diameter)20.0Measurement (Thickness)3.0Conservation2007. University Museum Near East Section Ur Metals Conservation Treatment Project. IMLS Grant.16618http://www165.123.244.137/subject/16618/16211 | 31-43-1MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumObject TypeStamp SealsSeason Number09: 1930-1931TechniqueImpressedIconographyUnknown - QuadrupedIconographyBovine/Bull/CowIconographyAnimal SceneMaterialLimestoneU Number16211Description (Modern)Pinkish marble stamp seal. Top is bull in relief, pierced for suspension. Bull is in profile, opposite side is flat faced stamp depicting 2 animals.Description (Catalog Card)Stamp seal. Pink limestone. In the form of a recumbent calf; on the flat back a rough design of 2 animals done with drill-holes and engraved lines. This is an early Sumerian piece which is found ina Persian period grave, and must have been an antiquity. [drawing 1:1]Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)NT grave 30/19. NB62.Material (Catalog Card)LimestoneMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)31-43-1Measurement (X)38Measurement (Y)22Measurement (Z)1216900http://www165.123.244.137/subject/16900/16397 | 31-43-74MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumObject TypeStamp SealsSeason Number09: 1930-1931TechniqueImpressedMaterialUnfiredU Number16397Description (Modern)Seal, round, flat, scorpion, lozenge, cross lines & rings on back. Description (Catalog Card)Button seal. Baked clay. Glazed. Bleached white. Stamped with scorpion. Dome-shaped bulbous dome stamped with 4 concentric circles. [drawing]Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)Brought in URMaterial (Catalog Card)ClayMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)31-43-74Measurement (Catalog Card)D. 17mm, H. 13mmMeasurement (X)17Measurement (Y)1316911http://www165.123.244.137/subject/16911/16408 | 31-43-2MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumObject TypeStamp SealsSeason Number09: 1930-1931TechniqueImpressedMaterialMarbleU Number16408Description (Modern)Banded black and white marble stamp seal with convex back and flat face. Design unclear: animals or plants or geometric figues.Description (Catalog Card)Stamp seal. Circular, convex above of striped black and white marble, design almost entirely perished; worked mostly with the drill. [drawing 1:1]Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)Museum Tablet Room in House 3. A.HMaterial (Catalog Card)MarbleMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)31-43-217352http://www165.123.244.137/subject/17352/16605 | 31-43-6MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumObject TypeStamp SealsSeason Number09: 1930-1931TechniqueImpressedIconographyAnimal SceneIconographyBirdostrichIconographyCrescentIconographyStarMaterialSteatiteU Number16605Description (Modern)Black steatite stamp seal, square, flat, 2 birds, 2 stars, 2 crescents.Description (Catalog Card)Stamp seal. Black steatite. Square. Perforated through holder. Pair of crescent moons. Pair of stars; pair of ostriches. [drawing]Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)UrMaterial (Catalog Card)SteatiteMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)31-43-6Measurement (Catalog Card)L. 20mm, W. 20mm, H. 4mmMeasurement (X)20Measurement (X)20Measurement (Y)20Measurement (Y)20Measurement (Z)4Measurement (Z)1217365http://www165.123.244.137/subject/17365/16618 | 31-43-9MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumObject TypeStamp SealsSeason Number09: 1930-1931TechniqueImpressedIconographyAnimal SceneIconographyScorpionMaterialDioriteU Number16618Description (Modern)Grayish steatite stamp seal. Triangular shape, with flat stamp face featuring a scorpion and either a much smaller scorpion or an apparently unfinished other design. Incomplete piercing. Seal probably unfinished.Description (Catalog Card)Stamp seal. Greenish grey steatite. Pyramidal. 2 scorpions.Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)DiqdiqqehMaterial (Catalog Card)DioriteMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)31-43-9Measurement (Catalog Card)L. 19mm, W. 19mm, H. 10mmMeasurement (X)19Measurement (X)20Measurement (Y)19Measurement (Y)19Measurement (Z)10Measurement (Z)1417403http://www165.123.244.137/subject/17403/16653 | 31-43-154Object TypeStamp SealsMuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumSeason Number09: 1930-1931TechniqueImpressedMaterialAmethystMaterialCarnelianU Number16653Description (Modern)Flat amathyst seal depicting two symbols on face.Modern DescriptionDescription (Catalog Card)Flat amethyst seal, and 5 carnelian beads.Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)A.H Persian inhumationMaterial (Catalog Card)AmethystMaterial as described by WoolleyMaterial (Catalog Card)CarnelianMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)31-43-15417492http://www165.123.244.137/subject/17492/16734 | 31-43-68Object TypeStamp SealsMuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumSeason Number09: 1930-1931TechniqueImpressedMaterialFritU Number16734Description (Catalog Card)Stamp seal. Glazed frit. Palm tree(?) Perforated for suspension. [drawing]Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)G.184 (=P.47) A.HMaterial (Catalog Card)FritMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)31-43-68Measurement (Catalog Card)H. 18mmMeasurement (X)1817527http://www165.123.244.137/subject/17527/16747 | 31-43-75Object TypeStamp SealsMuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumSeason Number09: 1930-1931TechniqueImpressedIconographyGeometric Decorationcircles and parallel linesIconographyStarIconographyNudeIconographyBird headed humanIconographyMaleIconographyHand RaisedIconographyHolding OtherIconographyStandingMaterialSteatiteU Number16747Description (Modern)Seal, round, flat, man carrying jars, stars. Dilmun type?Description (Catalog Card)Flat seal. Greenish grey steatite. Circular. Upper side convex and decorated with 4 circles, and 3 parallel incisions. Under side a man with a bowl resting against back of neck over shoulders balanced by each arm-suspended from it are 3 water skins, and to one side of the man a stool(?). Pair of stars. [drawing] obv. for rev. see photo.Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)From Upper rubbish Kassite (?) level over Pump House A.HMaterial (Catalog Card)SteatiteMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)31-43-7517544http://www165.123.244.137/subject/17544/16759A | 31-43-73Object TypeScaraboid SealsMuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumSeason Number09: 1930-1931IconographyGeometric DecorationIconographyScarabMaterialFritU Number16759AU number subdivided based on number of objects listed on Catalog Card. Description (Modern)Bluish green scaraboid seal with hieroglyphic signs?Description (Catalog Card)[A-D] 4 Scaraboid seals. Blue and green glazed frit. With quasi hieroglyphic signs.Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)G.206 (=P.55) A.HMaterial (Catalog Card)FritMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)31-43-73Measurement (Catalog Card)0016x0012Measurement (X)17Measurement (Y)1417545http://www165.123.244.137/subject/17545/16759B | 31-43-73Object TypeScaraboid SealsSeason Number09: 1930-1931MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumMaterialFritU Number16759BU number subdivided based on number of objects listed on Catalog Card. Description (Catalog Card)[A-D] 4 Scaraboid seals. Blue and green glazed frit. With quasi hieroglyphic signs.Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)G.206 (=P.55) A.HMaterial (Catalog Card)FritMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)31-43-73Measurement (Catalog Card)0016x0012Measurement (X)16Measurement (Y)1117546http://www165.123.244.137/subject/17546/16759C | 31-43-73Object TypeScaraboid SealsMuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumSeason Number09: 1930-1931MaterialFritU Number16759CU number subdivided based on number of objects listed on Catalog Card.Description (Modern)Bluish green scaraboid seal with hieroglyphic signs?Description (Catalog Card)[A-D] 4 Scaraboid seals. Blue and green glazed frit. With quasi hieroglyphic signs.Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)G.206 (=P.55) A.HMaterial (Catalog Card)FritMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)31-43-73Measurement (Catalog Card)L. 15mm, W. 13mmMeasurement (X)16Measurement (Y)1517547http://www165.123.244.137/subject/17547/16759D | 31-43-73Object TypeScaraboid SealsMuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumSeason Number09: 1930-1931MaterialFritU Number16759DU number subdivided based on number of objects listed on Catalog Card.Description (Modern)One of a group of scaraboid seals. Small frit scaraboid seal with crosshatch design on stamp face.Description (Catalog Card)4 Scaraboid seals. Blue and green glazed frit. With quasi hieroglyphic signs.Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)G.206 (=P.55) A.HMaterial (Catalog Card)FritMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)31-43-73Measurement (Catalog Card)001x0007Measurement (X)10Measurement (Y)817867http://www165.123.244.137/subject/17867/16927G | 31-43-7MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumObject TypeStamp SealsSeason Number09: 1930-1931TechniqueImpressedMaterialLimestoneU Number16927GDescription (Modern)Square of red limestone, sculptors trial piece with unfinished figures of man and dog. Description (Catalog Card)Group: objects found together and belonging to a manufacturer of cylinder seals.
(A) Limestone fragment, a trial piece with first sketches of 3 standing figures;
(B) Limestone fragment, a trial piece with one standing figure nearly finished;
(C) Uncut and unpierced cylinders of shell, steatite and limestone;
(D) Unfinished beads of rock crystal;
(E) Part of an eye of a statue; etc.
(F) Limestone fragment a trial piece with the lower parts of 2 standing nude male figures (this was brought in separately, cf. U.16994)
(G) Square of red limestone, sculptors trial pieces with unfinished figures of man and dog. [These objects were relettered on the card as follows: C=E, D=F, E=G, F=C, and G=D. Entries in this database, however, follow original lettering]Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)DiqdiqqehMaterial (Catalog Card)LimestoneMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)31-43-7Measurement (Catalog Card)27mmMeasurement (X)28Measurement (Y)26Measurement (Z)717972http://www165.123.244.137/subject/17972/17011 | 31-43-5MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumObject TypeStamp SealsSeason Number09: 1930-1931TechniqueImpressedIconographyGeometric DecorationspiralsMaterialUnfiredU Number17011Description (Modern)Clay stamp seal. Bell shaped with round face depicting curling lines and hash marks. Pierced at top. Reddish brown in color.Description (Catalog Card)Terracotta stamp seal. Circular. Perforated top. [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] Typed Transcription from BMCardMaterial (Catalog Card)ClayMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)31-43-5Measurement (Catalog Card)L. 14mm, D. 25mmMeasurement (X)26Measurement (Z)2217991http://www165.123.244.137/subject/17991/17028 | 31-43-69Object TypeStamp SealsMuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumSeason Number09: 1930-1931TechniqueImpressedIconographyAnimal SceneIconographyBirdIconographyAntelope/DeerMaterialSteatiteU Number17028Description (Modern)SealDescription (Catalog Card)Flat seal. Steatite. Black. Oval. Upper side convex and umbilical antelope (?) and a bird on its back [drawing 1:1]Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)G.228. AH. NB.81Material (Catalog Card)SteatiteMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)31-43-69Measurement (Catalog Card)L. 17mm, W. 16mm, H. 8mmMeasurement (X)17Measurement (X)18Measurement (Y)16Measurement (Y)17Measurement (Z)8Measurement (Z)818009http://www165.123.244.137/subject/18009/17044A | 31-43-216Object TypeSeal RingsMuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumSeason Number09: 1930-1931MaterialSilverMaterialCopper AlloyU Number17044ADescription (Modern)Finger Ring, sphinx winged, paw raised, flower. dotsDescription (Catalog Card)[A-D] 4 signet rings.
[A-C] 3 plain finger rings [of] copper and
[D] 1 plain silver ring. Signet rings have circular bezels.Woolley's descriptionDescription (Archival)Winged bull?Material (Catalog Card)SilverMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)31-43-216Measurement (Catalog Card)D. range 14mm-20mm, D. range of bezel 10mm-17mmMeasurement (Width)10.0Measurement (Diameter)22.0Measurement (Thickness)3.0ZoneG.305=P.8518010http://www165.123.244.137/subject/18010/17044B | 31-43-218Object TypeSeal RingsMuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumSeason Number09: 1930-1931TechniqueImpressedMaterialCopper AlloyU Number17044BDescription (Modern)Seal Ring, winged bull?Description (Catalog Card)[A-D] 4 signet rings.
[A-C] 3 plain finger rings [of] copper and
[D] 1 plain silver ring. Signet rings have circular bezels.Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)G.305=P.85 AHMaterial (Catalog Card)Copper AlloyMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)31-43-218Measurement (Catalog Card)D. range 14mm-20mm, D. range of bezel 10mm-17mmConservation2007. University Museum Near East Section Ur Metals Conservation Treatment Project. IMLS Grant.18011http://www165.123.244.137/subject/18011/17044C | 31-43-219Object TypeSeal RingsMuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumSeason Number09: 1930-1931TechniqueImpressedMaterialCopper AlloyU Number17044CDescription (Modern)Seal Ring, bezel broken offDescription (Catalog Card)[A-D] 4 signet rings.
[A-C] 3 plain finger rings [of] copper and
[D] 1 plain silver ring. Signet rings have circular bezels.Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)G.305 (=P.85) A.HMaterial (Catalog Card)Copper AlloyMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)31-43-219Measurement (Catalog Card)D. range 14mm-20mm, D. range of bezel 10mm-17mmConservation2007. University Museum Near East Section Ur Metals Conservation Treatment Project. IMLS Grant.18012http://www165.123.244.137/subject/18012/17044D | 31-43-215Object TypeSeal RingsMuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumSeason Number09: 1930-1931TechniqueImpressedIconographySphinxMaterialCopper AlloyU Number17044DDescription (Modern)Seal Ring, bezel broken offDescription (Catalog Card)[A-D] 4 signet rings.
[A-C] 3 plain finger rings [of] copper and
[D] 1 plain silver ring. Signet rings have circular bezels.Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)G.305 (=P.85) A.HMaterial (Catalog Card)Copper AlloyMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)31-43-215Measurement (Catalog Card)D. range 14mm-20mm, D. range of bezel 10mm-17mmConservation2007. University Museum Near East Section Ur Metals Conservation Treatment Project. IMLS Grant.18013http://www165.123.244.137/subject/18013/17044E | 31-43-217Object TypeSeal RingsMuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumSeason Number09: 1930-1931TechniqueImpressedMaterialSilverU Number17044EDescription (Modern)Seal Ring, bezel broken off, ring brokenDescription (Catalog Card)[A-D] 4 signet rings.
[A-C] 3 plain finger rings [of] copper and
[D] 1 plain silver ring. Signet rings have circular bezels.Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)G.305 (=P.85) A.HMaterial (Catalog Card)SilverMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)31-43-217Measurement (Catalog Card)D. range 14mm-20mm, D. range of bezel 10mm-17mm18014http://www165.123.244.137/subject/18014/17044F | 31-43-220Object TypeSeal RingsMuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumSeason Number09: 1930-1931TechniqueImpressedMaterialCopper AlloyU Number17044FDescription (Modern)Seal Ring, broken, winged sphinx passantDescription (Catalog Card)[A-D] 4 signet rings.
[A-C] 3 plain finger rings [of] copper and
[D] 1 plain silver ring. Signet rings have circular bezels.Woolley's descriptionDescription (Archival)Flat, broken. Winged sphinx passant.Find Context (Catalog Card)G.305 (=P.85) A.HMaterial (Catalog Card)Copper AlloyMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)31-43-220Measurement (Catalog Card)D. range 14mm-20mm, D. range of bezel 10mm-17mmMeasurement (Width)12.0Measurement (Depth)16.0Measurement (Thickness)2.0Conservation2007. University Museum Near East Section Ur Metals Conservation Treatment Project. IMLS Grant.18077http://www165.123.244.137/subject/18077/17100 | 31-43-67MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumObject TypeStamp SealsSeason Number09: 1930-1931TechniqueImpressedIconographyRitualIconographySpearmay be a spade rather than a spearIconographyCrescentIconographyHeadIconographyBeardedIconographyFlowing HairIconographyMaleIconographyHand RaisedIconographyHolding OtherIconographyStandingIconographyWorshipperIconographyFishphoto unclear -may not be a fish but rather a lozenge/rhombMaterialSteatiteU Number17100Description (Modern)Black steatite stamp seal. Coinoid. Face of stamp seal depicts a bearded man before an enthroned spear and under a crescent. Diamond shaped object behind figure.Description (Catalog Card)Stamp seal. Steatite. Black. Conoid. Bearded male figure holding an offering before a throne (?) or altar with a high back in which is planted a spear. Emblems. Fish and crescent moon. [drawing]Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)Persian period (?). Ur.Material (Catalog Card)SteatiteMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)31-43-67Measurement (Catalog Card)H. 17mm, L. of base 12mm, W. of base 12mmMeasurement (X)17Measurement (X)18Measurement (Y)12Measurement (Y)13Measurement (Z)12Measurement (Z)1318101http://www165.123.244.137/subject/18101/17121A | 31-43-10MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumObject TypeStamp SealsSeason Number09: 1930-1931TechniqueImpressedIconographyScorpionMaterialSteatiteU Number17121ADescription (Modern)Rectangular stamp seal with pyramidal back with scorpion on stamp face.Description (Catalog Card)Seals.
Two steatite plaques, rectangular and oblong, flat on one side and gabled on the other, the gabled side pierced perhaps for a metal ring handle.
A) [drawing 1:1] thus, with rough design of a scorpion.
B) smaller but apparently with the same design (much worn)Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)([A & B] found together) DiqdiqqehMaterial (Catalog Card)SteatiteMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)31-43-10Measurement (Catalog Card)l. 0027
width 0014Measurement (X)26Measurement (Y)14Measurement (Z)918786http://www165.123.244.137/subject/18786/17340 | 31-43-11MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumObject TypeStamp SealsSeason Number09: 1930-1931TechniqueImpressedMaterialLimestoneU Number17340Description (Modern)Pinkish limestone oval stamp seal. Standing figure with a cap, worked with drill. Pierced lengthwise.Description (Catalog Card)Stamp seal. Limestone (?) Grey. Oval. One standing figure. [drawing 1:1]Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)UrMaterial (Catalog Card)LimestoneMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)31-43-11Measurement (Catalog Card)L. 26mm, W. 15mmMeasurement (X)26Measurement (X)26Measurement (Y)15Measurement (Y)11Measurement (Z)518787http://www165.123.244.137/subject/18787/17341 | 31-43-76MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumObject TypeStamp SealsSeason Number09: 1930-1931TechniqueImpressedMaterialSteatiteU Number17341Description (Modern)Seal, fragment , round, flat, bullDescription (Catalog Card)Button seal. Steatite(?). White.
Fragment. Half only remains.
Animals.
With a boss on the upper side perforated for suspension.Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)DiqdiqqahMaterial (Catalog Card)SteatiteMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)31-43-76Measurement (Catalog Card)d 0025
thickness 00118802http://www165.123.244.137/subject/18802/17355 | 31-43-71MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumObject TypeScaraboid SealsSeason Number09: 1930-1931TechniqueImpressedIconographyAnimal SceneIconographyMonkeyMaterialGlass PasteU Number17355Description (Modern)Green glazed white frit scaraboid seal depicting a monkey, and the feather of truth. Pierced for suspension.
Description (Catalog Card)Scarab. Glass paste. Yellowish. Tip missing. Two hieroglyphic (?) signs and a seated deity. RA?Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)G.17. NH. NB.7.Material (Catalog Card)PasteMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)31-43-71Measurement (Catalog Card)L. 13mm, W. 10mmMeasurement (X)14Measurement (Y)11Measurement (Z)725565http://www165.123.244.137/subject/25565/17421BObject TypeSeal RingsSeason Number09: 1930-1931MaterialSilverU Number17421BDescription (Catalog Card)2 signet rings. Silver.
[A] One with circular bezel.
[B] One with oval bezel.Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)G.73. NH IV. NB.27.Material (Catalog Card)SilverMaterial as described by WoolleyMeasurement (Catalog Card)D. 22mm18977http://www165.123.244.137/subject/18977/17662 | 32-40-319MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumObject TypeStamp SealsSeason Number10: 1931-1932TechniqueImpressedIconographyGeometric Decorationvertical lines with short, chevron-like horizontal linesMaterialLimestoneU Number17662Description (Modern)Pink limestone stamp seal with hatch marks likely representing palm fronds. Raised back is pierced for suspension.Description (Catalog Card)Seal. Pink limestone. [drawing 1:1]Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)Between Ur and NasyriahMaterial (Catalog Card)LimestoneMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)32-40-319Measurement (X)37Measurement (Y)23Measurement (Z)1019034http://www165.123.244.137/subject/19034/17715 | 32-40-322MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumObject TypeStamp SealsSeason Number10: 1931-1932TechniqueImpressedMaterialChalcedonyU Number17715Description (Modern)Stamp Seal, conical, smoky chalcedony. Pierced at top. Depicts worshipper before the emblems of Marduk and Nabu.Description (Catalog Card)Seal. Persian type. Chalcedone. Pierced for threading, engraved lines on face [drawing 1:1].Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)Ur surface.Material (Catalog Card)ChalcedonyMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)32-40-322Measurement (X)15Measurement (Y)11Measurement (Z)819118http://www165.123.244.137/subject/19118/17797 | 32-40-345MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumObject TypeStamp SealsSeason Number10: 1931-1932TechniqueIncisedMaterialShellU Number17797Description (Modern)Shell stamp seal, oblong with flat stamp face depicting a roughly carved animal. Pierced lengthwise for suspension.Description (Catalog Card)Stamp seal. Shell.
One side flattened and rough representation of animal drilled and scratched on.
[drawing 1:1]Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)DiqdiqqehMaterial (Catalog Card)ShellMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)32-40-345Measurement (X)34Measurement (Y)20Measurement (Z)1219220http://www165.123.244.137/subject/19220/17835A | 32-40-308MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumObject TypeStamp SealsSeason Number10: 1931-1932TechniqueImpressedIconographyLionhead onlyIconographyAnimal SceneMaterialCalciteU Number17835ADescription (Modern)Calcite stamp seal shaped as a lion's head, face of seal depicts drilled images of animals. Signs of green glaze remain. Pierced for suspension.Description (Catalog Card)[A-B] Two lion's heads. Silhouetted in profile. White calcite, originally painted red, but the color gone: both are really stamp seals with rough designs drill-cut on the flat lower surface. Both are pierced for suspension from the top of the head to the bottom of the mane. [drawing]Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)Ziggurat, NW 1931 under floor of Archaic I courtyardMaterial (Catalog Card)CalciteMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)32-40-308Measurement (Catalog Card)L. 45mmMeasurement (X)45Measurement (X)47Measurement (Y)3719553http://www165.123.244.137/subject/19553/18167 | 32-40-320MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumObject TypeStamp SealsSeason Number10: 1931-1932TechniqueImpressedMaterialStones and MineralsU Number18167Description (Modern)Described as 'Lizard and dots' in UE X no. 21. By Sarah Collins it is described as: 'Stamp Seal, rectangular, man with arms raised, legs twisted, pierced'Description (Catalog Card)Stamp seal. Of dark and light grey pebble. Rectangular, with slightly convex top, pierced longitudinally. Rough design on base, of a man with his arms raised and his legs twisted up in an impossible fashion (?) [drawing]Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)Brought in (from near Rajibeh?)Material (Catalog Card)StoneMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)32-40-320Measurement (Catalog Card)L. 43mm, W. 28mmMeasurement (X)43Measurement (X)42Measurement (Y)28Measurement (Y)26Measurement (Z)1219670http://www165.123.244.137/subject/19670/18284 | 33-35-170MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumObject TypeStamp SealsSeason Number11: 1932-1933TechniqueIncisedMaterialChalcedonyU Number18284Description (Modern)Chalcedony stamp seal, facetted conical, 2 standing figures worshipping before an altar, crescent. Pierced for suspension.Description (Catalog Card)Stamp seal.
Facetted conical: chalcedony.
Persian type.
Two standing figures worshipping before an altar: crescent above.Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)DiqdiqqehMaterial (Catalog Card)ChalcedonyMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)33-35-170Measurement (Catalog Card)ht 0025
l. of base 002Measurement (X)26Measurement (Y)22Measurement (Z)1519671http://www165.123.244.137/subject/19671/18285 | 33-35-80MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumObject TypeSeal RingsSeason Number11: 1932-1933TechniqueImpressedObject TypeStamp SealsMaterialCopper AlloyU Number18285Description (Modern)Signet RingDescription (Catalog Card)Signet ring. Copper. With oval bezel on which an engraved design, (corroded).Woolley's descriptionDescription (Archival)Copper. With oval bezel on which is an engraved, but corroded design.Find Context (Catalog Card)DiqdiqqehMaterial (Catalog Card)Copper AlloyMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)33-35-80Measurement (Catalog Card)L. of bezel 18mm, W. 13mmMeasurement (Width)13.0Measurement (Depth)18.0Measurement (Diameter)24.0Measurement (Thickness)3.0Conservation2007. University Museum Near East Section Ur Metals Conservation Treatment Project. IMLS Grant.19723http://www165.123.244.137/subject/19723/18337 | 33-35-169MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumObject TypeStamp SealsSeason Number11: 1932-1933TechniqueImpressedMaterialSteatiteU Number18337Description (Modern)Round white steatite stamp seal with convex back and flat face depicting two to four animals carved with a drill. Pierced for suspension.Description (Catalog Card)Stamp seal. Grey steatite. Circular, with convex tip, pierced horizontally. Subject: 2 animals, a third animal and an unrecognizable object: engraved mostly with the circular drill.Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)PG / 33. In the stratum SIS V with seal impression and tablets.Material (Catalog Card)SteatiteMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)33-35-169Measurement (Catalog Card)D. 20mmMeasurement (X)20Measurement (X)20Data collected by Penn Museum research team.Measurement (Y)20Data collected by Penn Museum research team.Measurement (Z)8Data collected by Penn Museum research team.19727http://www165.123.244.137/subject/19727/18341 | 33-35-164MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumObject TypeStamp SealsSeason Number11: 1932-1933TechniqueImpressedMaterialSteatiteU Number18341Description (Modern)Gray steatite stamp seal. Pierced for suspension. Back of seal is carved in the likeness of an animal, possibly a bull. Carving is incomplete, only rear leg complete, no sign of head. The face of the stamp depicts two Y-shaped signs, inverted relative to each other (scorpions?).Description (Catalog Card)Animal's body. Grey steatite.
Body of couchant animal, the hind quarters complete, in fairly high relief: the front leg only sketched: the stone is rounded off at the shoulder so that there never was a head. The body is flat and bears two engraved signs thus. [drawing]Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)DiqdiqqehMaterial (Catalog Card)SteatiteMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)33-35-164Measurement (Catalog Card)l. 0029Measurement (X)28Measurement (Y)17Measurement (Z)821360http://www165.123.244.137/subject/21360/19974 | 35-1-18MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumObject TypeStamp SealsSeason Number12: 1933-1934TechniqueImpressedMaterialSandstoneU Number19974Description (Modern)Fine grained sandstone stamp seal, hemispherical, geometric, red paint on back Description (Catalog Card)Stamp seal. [drawing 1:1]Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)JNG 324Material (Catalog Card)SandstoneMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)35-1-18Measurement (Catalog Card)[ht. 50 W. 56 based on 1:1 drawingMeasurement (X)32Measurement (Y)30Measurement (Z)15530http://www165.123.244.137/subject/530/487MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumObject TypeStamp SealsSeason Number01: 1922-1923TechniqueIncisedIconographyStarIconographyDotpossible moonIconographyChignonIconographyHairIconographyBeardedIconographyHeadIconographyMaleIconographyHand RaisedMaterialChalcedonyU Number487Description (Modern)Blue chalcedony scaraboid stamp seal. Babylonian worshipper before offering table with a sun-star above. Pierced lengthwise for suspension.Description (Catalog Card)Chalcedony seal. Same shape as U.486. Subject [referencing drawin] [drawing]Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)T.T.B 5 Found with U.456Material (Catalog Card)ChalcedonyMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM B-number)B15256Measurement (Catalog Card)l. 0021Measurement (X)23Measurement (Y)20Measurement (Z)10NotesE-nun-mah539http://www165.123.244.137/subject/539/496MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumObject TypeScaraboid SealsSeason Number01: 1922-1923TechniqueIncisedIconographyScarabIconographyAnimal SceneIconographyInsectTechniqueInscribedMaterialSteatiteU Number496Description (Modern)Seal, scaraboid, hieroglyphic inscription. Green glazed steatite.Description (Catalog Card)Scarab. Green glaze. Inscr. [drawing]Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)T.T.B 5 found with U456Material (Catalog Card)SteatiteMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM B-number)B15255Measurement (X)10Measurement (Y)7Measurement (Z)5NotesE-nun-mah540http://www165.123.244.137/subject/540/497MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumObject TypeScaraboid SealsSeason Number01: 1922-1923TechniqueIncisedIconographyScarabIconographyInsectIconographyAnimal SceneTechniqueInscribedMaterialCalciteMaterialSteatiteU Number497Description (Modern)Calcite scaraboid seal. Pierced lengthwise for suspension. Two symbols on flat surfaceDescription (Catalog Card)Scaraboid. White steatite. inscr. [drawing]Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)T.T.B 5: found with U456Material (Catalog Card)SteatiteMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM B-number)B15250Measurement (Catalog Card)L. 00095Measurement (Height)9.5Barrett. 1976. Near East Section, Ur, Inscribed ObjectsMeasurement (X)10Measurement (Y)6Measurement (Z)35226http://www165.123.244.137/subject/5226/6066MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumObject TypeStamp SealsSeason Number04: 1925-1926TechniqueImpressedIconographySerpent/Snakelizard and snakeIconographyScorpionIconographyAnimal SceneMaterialSteatiteU Number6066Description (Modern)Black steatite seal, square face, flat, scorpion, lizard, triangular shaped back pierced for suspensionDescription (Catalog Card)Seal. Black steatite. Triangular shape scorpion and? Lizard? About BC 2600. E.Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)DiqdiqqehMaterial (Catalog Card)SteatiteMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM B-number)B16292Measurement (Catalog Card)L. 17mm, W. 12mmMeasurement (X)17Measurement (X)18Measurement (Y)12Measurement (Y)12Measurement (Z)105993http://www165.123.244.137/subject/5993/6737Object TypeBrick StampsMuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumSeason Number04: 1925-1926TechniqueImpressedObject TypeStamp SealsCulture/PeriodAkkadian DynastyTechniqueInscribedText GenreRoyal/MonumentalMaterialSteatiteMaterialStones and MineralsU Number6737Description (Modern)Brick stampDescription (Catalog Card)Fragment of steatite stamp for bricks. (E)-gu-bu?. About BC 2700. E.Woolley's descriptionDescription (Modern)Object is not sealed.Find Context (Catalog Card)In loose earth. Trench S. of Dr. Hall's building.Material (Catalog Card)SteatiteMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM B-number)B16210Museum Number (UPM B-number)B16210Tablet ID NumberP2700576152http://www165.123.244.137/subject/6152/6872MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumObject TypeStamp SealsSeason Number04: 1925-1926TechniqueImpressedMaterialMarbleU Number6872Description (Modern)White marble stamp seal. Flat stamp face, with convex back. Pierced width-wise for suspension. Design unclear, animal?Description (Catalog Card)Seal. Stone. Convex on one side, flat on the other. Round incisions on the flat side. Pierced. Before 3000 BC. B.Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)From low level of KPMaterial (Catalog Card)StoneMaterial as described by WoolleyMaterial (Catalog Card)MarbleMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM B-number)B16315Measurement (X)24Measurement (Y)20Measurement (Z)106276http://www165.123.244.137/subject/6276/6988MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumObject TypeStamp SealsSeason Number04: 1925-1926TechniqueImpressedIconographyBirdIconographyAnimal SceneMaterialAmethystU Number6988Description (Modern)Purple amethyst stamp seal. Flat stamp surface and a convex back. Pierced lengthwise for suspension.Description (Catalog Card)Seal. Amethyst. Blue-violet. Flat on one side, convex on the other but not completely rounded, apex top. Hawk with spread wings, legs crossed in middle of breast. Neo-Babylonian. E.Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)Found at S end of KP near Neo-Bab copper tombs. Surface dirtMaterial (Catalog Card)AmethystMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM B-number)B16302Measurement (Catalog Card)L. 21mm, Greatest W. 19mm, Th. of base 3mm, H. 10mmMeasurement (X)25Measurement (Y)21Measurement (Z)136343http://www165.123.244.137/subject/6343/7027Object TypeStamp SealsMuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumSeason Number04: 1925-1926TechniqueIncisedMaterialSteatiteU Number7027U.7000-U.7032 were duplicated with the duplicates assigned to tablets from Season 4 found in areas KP, EH, and possibly HT (Jacobsen AJA 57:128). The duplicates have been given the subletter A in this database while the original object from the catalog card retains the number without subletter.Description (Modern)Stamp seal,circular, goddess, bull, bull men Description (Catalog Card)Seal.
White steatite.
Round. Hole perforated horizontally through hemispherical sides. Flat on one side, hemispherical on the other. Hemispherical side has 3 grooves 0002 wide in all bisecting it and concentric circles decoration, 4 in all, 2 on either side of the bisecting line. On flat side in middle enthroned Nannar both hands supporting a post with a crescent moon which is also supported by a bull-man. Behind the throne a similar bull-man also supporting a crescent moon on a post, and below the throne a bull with high horns, crescent shaped.
Bull-men (Eabani) are ithyphallic. Hair on legs of Eabani.
E.
Before 3000 BC. Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)From Grave outside city of UrMaterial (Catalog Card)SteatiteMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM B-number)B16301Measurement (Catalog Card)diam. 0026
thickness 0006
ht 00117438http://www165.123.244.137/subject/7438/7916MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumObject TypeStamp SealsSeason Number05: 1926-1927TechniqueImpressedIconographyAnimal SceneIconographyCanine/DogIconographyUnknown - QuadrupedMaterialAragoniteU Number7916Description (Modern)Greenish banded stone stamp seal. Pierced for suspension. 2 couchant lions and dots.Description (Catalog Card)Stamp flat seal. One side convex. Calcite. Greyish. Above a reclining beast, possibly a jackal? and below a second beast with big head.Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)Under Nebuchadnezzar pavement of E-nun-mah room 5Material (Catalog Card)AragoniteMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM B-number)B16906Measurement (Catalog Card)L. 40mm, W. 28mm, H. 15mmMeasurement (X)40Measurement (X)39Measurement (Y)28Measurement (Y)29Measurement (Z)15Measurement (Z)137439http://www165.123.244.137/subject/7439/7917MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumObject TypeStamp SealsSeason Number05: 1926-1927TechniqueImpressedMaterialCalciteU Number7917Description (Modern)Travertine stamp seal with flat face and convex back. Pierced for suspension. Depicts a squatting monkey.Description (Catalog Card)Flat seal. Hemispherical. Calcite. Greyish. Animal? design.Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)Under Nebuchadnezzar pavement of E-nun-mah room 5Material (Catalog Card)CalciteMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM B-number)B16905Measurement (Catalog Card)D. 28mm, H. 15mmMeasurement (X)28Measurement (X)30Measurement (Y)15Measurement (Y)28Measurement (Z)159733http://www165.123.244.137/subject/9733/9976MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumObject TypeStamp SealsSeason Number06: 1927-1928TechniqueIncisedIconographyAnimal SceneMaterialMarbleU Number9976Description (Modern)White marble stamp seal with animals crudely drilled into the surface. Pierced lengthwise for suspension.Description (Catalog Card)Seal
White marble
Oval: rounded top, flat base on which figures of animals roughly done with a drill
[drawing] 1:1Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)Found on the EM
house site, loose in
soilMaterial (Catalog Card)MarbleMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM B-number)B16858Measurement (Catalog Card)L 0047Measurement (X)48Measurement (Y)36Measurement (Z)13