304http://www165.123.244.137/subject/304/274 | 1923,1110.29MuseumBritish MuseumObject TypeJarsSeason Number01: 1922-1923TechniqueInscribedObject TypeVessels/ContainersCulture/PeriodUr IIIText GenreRoyal/MonumentalMaterialAlabasterMaterialMagnesiteU Number274Description (Catalog Card)Burnt fragment of alabaster vase. Dedicated by a patesi of UD.NUN.KI. Placed in IN/No. 1.Woolley's descriptionDescription (Modern)Object is not sealed.Find Context (Catalog Card)Found under pavement T.T.B. 16-17Material (Catalog Card)AlabasterMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (BM Big Number)116444Museum Number (BM Registration Number)1923,1110.29Museum Number (BM Big Number)116444Tablet ID NumberP226804Measurement (Catalog Card)Max length .04
Max width .04
thickness .01Measurement (Height)50Barrett. 1976. Near East Section, Ur, Inscribed ObjectsMeasurement (Width)40Barrett. 1976. Near East Section, Ur, Inscribed Objects8870http://www165.123.244.137/subject/8870/9187Object TypeCylinder SealsMuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumSeason Number05: 1926-1927TechniqueIncisedIconographyMammalIconographyAnimal/ZoomorphicIconographyNudeIconographyHeadIconographyMaleIconographyHand RaisedIconographyHolding OtherIconographyStandingMaterialMagnesiteMaterialShellU Number9187Description (Modern)Cylinder seal. magnesite (?) crossed lions, human headed bulls, Gilgamesh, 1 hunter UE X: nude hunters, bearded bisons, lions, and bulls. shell cylinder.Description (Catalog Card)Cylinder seal
White shell
Burnt and reduced to lime. Scene: fighting men and animals.Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)TTG
from a ruined grave:
at U9177-9Material (Catalog Card)MagnesiteMaterial as described by WoolleyMaterial (Catalog Card)ShellMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM B-number)B16871Measurement (Catalog Card)L 0037Measurement (X)38Measurement (Y)29