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)
1294 (none) (none) (none) Clay wheel. Red clay. Plain edge, pierced through central boss.
1299 (none) (none) (none) Clay wheel. Red drab clay. (Like wheel-shaped rattle U.1121, but not pierced and apparently no bead inside)
1295 (none) (none) (none) Clay wheel. Red drab clay. Like U.1294.
1123 (none) (none) (none) Clay Wheel. Weathered. Greenish clay. [drawing 1:1]
1027A (none) (none) B15228 Clay wheels. With pierced projecting hubs and cogged edges. (A) Reddish clay. (B) Greenish clay.
7028 (none) (none) (none) Collection of crystals for inlay. About 25 in number. U shaped with apex over incurved side. E. [drawing 1:1]
2795 (none) 1927,1003.21 (none) Cone of Ur-Engur. Fragment. (Cf. 2595) To Enlil, king of the countries, his king, Ur Engur, reliant hero, king of Ur, of Sumer and Akkad, in Ur. The canal? of Ninni he has dug. H.C.
2701 (none) 1927,1003.24 (none) Cone of Ur-Engur. Fragment. Cp.2520. Column I: Text: (To ), his ( ), (Ur d)engur, mighty (hero), (king of Ur). Column II: ?of ancient days I let shine abundance of water was ordered, it was made into a place growing all kinds of vegetables, the boats Magan I restored into his hand. H.C.
2856 (none) (none) (none) Cone seal. Glazed pottery. Egyptian style. Neo-Babylonian period. [drawing]
17985 (none) 1933,1013.176 (none) Cones. Clay. Heads colored red or black. [drawing 1:1]
17983 (none) 1933,1013.174 (none) Cones. Clay. [drawing 1:2]
17984 (none) 1933,1013.173 (none) Cones. Clay. [drawing 1:2]
18731 (none) (none) (none) Copper (?) situla. [drawing]
18244A 33-35-77 (none) (none) Copper (?) [A] dagger and [B] pin. Pin thickened to head there cut off flat. Dagger with 3 rivet holes in tang. Type: Knife RC.7b [drawing]
18244B (none) (none) (none) Copper (?) [A] dagger and [B] pin. Pin thickened to head there cut off flat. Dagger with 3 rivet holes in tang. Type: Knife RC.7b [drawing]
15783 (none) 1930,1213.41 (none) Copper adze.
1717 (none) (none) (none) Copper arrowhead. Tang broken off. The head round in section. [drawing]
1662 (none) (none) B17456 Copper bowl. Fragments.
18364 (none) 1933,1013.9 (none) Copper bowl. Spouted, with handle ending in a lion's head gripping the bowl's rim. Broken but complete. [drawing]
18317A (none) (none) (none) Copper bracelets. [A-D] Four of different sizes. The largest [A] diameter 70mm, is of fairly thick metal bent into a hoop with the ends overlapping, apparently fixed to it was a square four-petalled rosette of thin copper.
18317B (none) (none) (none) Copper bracelets. [A-D] Four of different sizes. The largest [A] diameter 70mm, is of fairly thick metal bent into a hoop with the ends overlapping, apparently fixed to it was a square four-petalled rosette of thin copper.
18317C (none) (none) (none) Copper bracelets. [A-D] Four of different sizes. The largest [A] diameter 70mm, is of fairly thick metal bent into a hoop with the ends overlapping, apparently fixed to it was a square four-petalled rosette of thin copper.
18317D (none) (none) (none) Copper bracelets. [A-D] Four of different sizes. The largest [A] diameter 70mm, is of fairly thick metal bent into a hoop with the ends overlapping, apparently fixed to it was a square four-petalled rosette of thin copper.
12687 (none) 1929,1017.457 (none) Copper crescent. Miniature. [drawing 1:1]
18360 (none) (none) (none) Copper figurine of a seated dog. Miniature. [drawing 1:1]

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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