Context Title: Ur Hinterland     
Context Name (Publication): Ur Hinterland     
Context Description: This term describes the area around Ur. It includes the sites surrounding Ur from where objects were brought in by the workers.      

Objects: Ur Hinterland Export: JSON - XML - CSV

Object U Number Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) Museum Number (BM Registration Number) Museum Number (UPM B-number) Description (Catalog Card)
1760 (none) (none) B15723 Terracotta figurine hand-modeled. a goat [drawing 1:1] P.
1279 (none) (none) B15721 Clay duck. Like U.1278. P.
1272 (none) (none) B15720 Clay Frog. Light drab clay. Pierced for suspension. (small) P. [drawing]
1274 (none) (none) B15719 Clay Frog. Light drab clay. With traces of green pigment (glaze?) pierced for suspension. Like U.1273. P.
1287 (none) (none) B15718 Clay Rosette. Fragment of light clay. Like U.1286, but larger. P.
1715 (none) (none) B15717 Frit ornament. Pectoral. Pierced at each end. P. [drawing 1:1]
1436 (none) (none) B15716 Bird. Drab clay: modeled. Bird body on pedestal, head and tail broken. Pierced through back - perhaps a rattle. P.
1750 (none) (none) B15715 Miniature goblet. Pinkish white clay. Handmade. [drawing 1:1]
1489 (none) (none) B15714 Miniature jar. Greenish clay; handmade. Broken at neck. P. [drawing 1:1]
1451 (none) (none) B15712 Small boat. Light clay. Prow, broken off, is pierced with a hole. P.
1112 (none) (none) B15711 Clay chair. Fragment. grey-drab clay. P. [drawing 1:1]
1255 (none) (none) B15710 Child's rattle in baked clay, double cogged edge and perforations in the sides. P. [drawing]
1292 (none) (none) B15709 Clay wheel. Drab clay. Like U.1290. P.
1252 (none) (none) B15708 Clay model, a child's toy representing a man mounted upon a horse, which has two heads looking towards each other. The upper part of the rider is broken, and the reins(?) are represented in a curious manner. The whole stands on a clay base with holes for wheels and for a string to pull it along. P. [drawing]
1761 (none) (none) B15707 Terracotta figurine. Pig. 2 rear legs missing, incised on belly. P. 15707 [drawing 1:1]
1443 (none) (none) B15706 Rattle. Light clay. Pig. Two legs broken. P: 15706
1447 (none) (none) B15705 Clay Fragment. Ram's head (broken), Drab clay. modeled.
1580 (none) (none) B15704 Clay Lion's head with traces of glaze. P. [drawing 1:1]
1440 (none) (none) B15703 Rattle. Bird on pedestal; drab clay, modeled. P.
1524 (none) (none) B15702 Bedstead (or chair) Drab clay. 2 legs and back missing. Decorated with 6(?) panels in relief, like the quarterings of a shield. P.
1786 (none) (none) B15701 Stool. Buff clay, one leg and corner missing. Rush seat. [drawing 1:1]
1616 (none) (none) B15699 Fragment from back of bedstead, or chair; yellow clay. With moulded relief, 2 birds facing among branches. P.
1247 (none) (none) B15698 Portion terracotta model probably the head (or foot) of a bed, of which 2 legs remain. The head is decorated inside, quarterly with low reliefs of geese or ducks, and cocks. P. [drawing]
1787 (none) (none) B15697 Chair back. Red clay, two birds flanking trees. [drawing 1:1]
1651 (none) (none) B15696 Clay relief. fragment of, from back of chair (?) Two female figures, facing each other, with emblems between. P.

Media: Ur Hinterland Export: JSON - XML - CSV

Media Media Title Title Label Author Omeka Label
Ur Excavations VII; The Old Babylonian Period Ur Excavations VII; The Old Babylonian Period 1976 Woolley, L. and M. Mallowan (none)
Ur Excavations IV; The Early Periods Ur Excavations IV; The Early Periods 1955 Woolley, L. (none)
UPM Field Photo numbers UPM Field Photo numbers (none) (none) (none)
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Sibling Locations

Unknown - Ur