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)
2784 (none) (none) (none) Clay pot. Buff ware with round base and pronounced shoulders. Type CXLVII =RC.41 (not p)
2783 (none) 1927,1003.136 (none) Pottery vase. Red ware with slight 'neck'. Type CXLVI. (not p)
2776 (none) (none) (none) Clay saucer. Drab ware, on high foot. Type CXLII. (not p)
2775 (none) 1927,1003.171 (none) Terracotta figurine. Drab ware: female votaress, nude, in attitude of devotion. [drawing 1:1]
2774 (none) 1927,1003.176 (none) Terracotta figurine. Female, kneeling with hands on breast: head missing : reddish ware. [drawing 1:1]
2773 (none) 1927,1003.167 (none) Terracotta figurine. Buff ware: portraying god wearing simplet fillet and carrying flail: sacred animal overhead. [drawing 1:1]
2766 (none) (none) (none) Seal cylinder. Diorite. Weathered. Lugal--/son of?/shephard. [drawing]
2764 (none) 1927,1003.190 (none) Stone dog. Couchant : of limestone, pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1]
2763 (none) (none) (none) Grotesque mask. Limestone : very roughly carved and pierced for suspension [drawing 1:1]
2762 (none) (none) (none) Terracotta figurine. Buff clay: female, nude except for bead necklace in attitude of devotion. Head and torso only. [drawing 1:1]
2754 (none) 1927,1003.194 (none) Seal cylinder. White marble. About BC 2800. Inscription: Da-da-mu = D? dumu Gu-za-na? son of G? [drawing]
2748 (none) 1927,1003.238 (none) Shell mask. Grotesque: pierced for suspension [drawing 1:1]
2747 (none) 1927,1003.254 (none) Paste statuette. Blue glass paste, much worn. Servant in attitude of devotion. Head and trunk only. [drawing 1:1]
2737 (none) 1927,1003.116 (none) Clay vase. Greenish drab ware : wheel made with incised circles on shoulder. Lip partly broken. Type CXXXIX =P.112
2733 (none) 1948,0423.9 (none) Clay tablet. Contract. Dated: When the great wall was built Gungunu 21 or 23 ?Month Su-es-da. Text: Sale of 18 date palm trees in the plantation of Ur-dingir-ra for 4 shekels? oath in the name of the king.
2727 (none) (none) (none) Seal cylinder. Broken. Weather worn. Volcanic ashes. Basalt? [drawing]
2726 (none) 1927,1003.195 (none) Seal cylinder. Soapstone. About BC2100 [drawing]
2723 (none) 1927,1003.119 (none) Clay pot. Miniature, of wheel-made buff ware. Lip broken. Type CXXXV = RC.131 =P108b
2720 (none) (none) (none) Ibex head. Buff clay ware of fine design. Sketch. [drawing]
2715B (none) (none) (none) Vase fragments. Drab ware with snakes in relief: both have incised diamond pattern. Sketches. [drawing]
2715A (none) (none) (none) Vase fragments. Drab ware with snakes in relief: both have incised diamond pattern. Sketches. [drawing]
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.
2693 (none) 1935,0113.53 (none) Clay dog (?). Fragmentary, in act of barking: legs and tail missing.
2692 (none) 1935,0113.52 (none) Terracotta figurine. Buff ware: female, mitred, with forearms raised to shoulders: head and trunk only. [drawing 1:1]
2691 87-28-10 (none) (none) Model stool. Drab clay with conventional rush hatching with a border: one leg missing.

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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