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)
1434 (none) (none) (none) Animal. Drab clay: modeled. Rear hind leg broken off, and head damaged.
1435 (none) (none) (none) Animal. Drab clay: modeled. Horse(?) with head turned to left, wearing noseband. Legs broken.
1436 (none) (none) B15716 Bird. Drab clay: modeled. Bird body on pedestal, head and tail broken. Pierced through back - perhaps a rattle. P.
1437 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Light grey stone. 2 registers: upper, 3 seated figures, female, with plant in jar between 2 of them; lower register, scene with ibex(?)
1438 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Shell. Faint traces of figures; much worn.
1439B (none) (none) B15597 Shell amulet. Lion couchant. Pierced for suspension.
1440 (none) (none) B15703 Rattle. Bird on pedestal; drab clay, modeled. P.
1441 (none) (none) (none) Rattle. Reddish clay. Bird on pedestal, broken on two out containing 3 pebbles, head broken.
1443 (none) (none) B15706 Rattle. Light clay. Pig. Two legs broken. P: 15706
1445 31-43-316 (none) (none) Rattle. Red clay. Animal, head and legs broken off.
1447 (none) (none) B15705 Clay Fragment. Ram's head (broken), Drab clay. modeled.
1448 31-16-792 (none) (none) Clay Figurine. Fragment of, waist upwards only; green clay: Moulded
1449 (none) (none) (none) Boat(bellum) White high recurved prow; drab surface clay; holds in bottom.
1450 (none) (none) (none) Boat(bellum) Red clay, drab surface; broken.
1451 (none) (none) B15712 Small boat. Light clay. Prow, broken off, is pierced with a hole. P.
1454 (none) (none) B15619, B15619 Portion of the base of large clay cone, with inscription in 2 columns. Mostly illegible and authorship uncertain: possibly contains a dedication to Nergal. P.
1456 (none) (none) (none) Figurine. Fragment. Clay. Lower portion of a naked woman.
1458 31-16-789 (none) (none) Relief fragment. Clay. Lower part showing the waist and legs of a naked woman. The base is rounded out to form a stand.
1459 (none) (none) (none) Figurine fragment. Clay. Lower part of a naked woman.
1462 (none) (none) (none) Relief fragment. Clay. Top with part of a human figure holding uncertain object in outstretched hand.
1464 (none) (none) (none) Small clay model, apparently of a dog crouching on top of a box: perhaps used as a pendant charm.
1465 (none) (none) (none) Fragment from rim of large clay pot with incised decoartions: four rows of oblique strokes above, and branch decoration below.
1466 (none) (none) (none) Wheel. Red-drab clay. Split in two, one side missing.
1467 (none) (none) (none) Wheel. Drab clay.
1468 (none) (none) (none) Wheel. Red clay, chipped.

Media: Ur Hinterland Export: JSON - XML - CSV

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