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)
17924C (none) 1932,1008.70 (none) Weights. A) and C) haemitite, B) diorite. -- Type II [drawing 1:1]
17924B (none) 1932,1008.69 (none) Weights. A) and C) haemitite, B) diorite. -- Type II [drawing 1:1]
17943O (none) 1932,1008.68 (none) [One stone not listed as having material, possibly jasper or steatite] [Unclear which flints correspond with which museum numbers] Polished flints. [A-D] Diorite [E-G] Jasper [H-L] Basalt [M] Steatite [N] Quartzite [O] [Unspecified] [P-T] [Additional museum numbers: unspecified]
17943N (none) 1932,1008.67 (none) [One stone not listed as having material, possibly jasper or steatite] [Unclear which flints correspond with which museum numbers] Polished flints. [A-D] Diorite [E-G] Jasper [H-L] Basalt [M] Steatite [N] Quartzite [O] [Unspecified] [P-T] [Additional museum numbers: unspecified]
17943M (none) 1932,1008.66 (none) [One stone not listed as having material, possibly jasper or steatite] [Unclear which flints correspond with which museum numbers] Polished flints. [A-D] Diorite [E-G] Jasper [H-L] Basalt [M] Steatite [N] Quartzite [O] [Unspecified] [P-T] [Additional museum numbers: unspecified]
17943L (none) 1932,1008.65 (none) [One stone not listed as having material, possibly jasper or steatite] [Unclear which flints correspond with which museum numbers] Polished flints. [A-D] Diorite [E-G] Jasper [H-L] Basalt [M] Steatite [N] Quartzite [O] [Unspecified] [P-T] [Additional museum numbers: unspecified]
17943K (none) 1932,1008.64 (none) [One stone not listed as having material, possibly jasper or steatite] [Unclear which flints correspond with which museum numbers] Polished flints. [A-D] Diorite [E-G] Jasper [H-L] Basalt [M] Steatite [N] Quartzite [O] [Unspecified] [P-T] [Additional museum numbers: unspecified]
17943J (none) 1932,1008.63 (none) [One stone not listed as having material, possibly jasper or steatite] [Unclear which flints correspond with which museum numbers] Polished flints. [A-D] Diorite [E-G] Jasper [H-L] Basalt [M] Steatite [N] Quartzite [O] [Unspecified] [P-T] [Additional museum numbers: unspecified]
17943I (none) 1932,1008.62 (none) [One stone not listed as having material, possibly jasper or steatite] [Unclear which flints correspond with which museum numbers] Polished flints. [A-D] Diorite [E-G] Jasper [H-L] Basalt [M] Steatite [N] Quartzite [O] [Unspecified] [P-T] [Additional museum numbers: unspecified]
17943H (none) 1932,1008.61 (none) [One stone not listed as having material, possibly jasper or steatite] [Unclear which flints correspond with which museum numbers] Polished flints. [A-D] Diorite [E-G] Jasper [H-L] Basalt [M] Steatite [N] Quartzite [O] [Unspecified] [P-T] [Additional museum numbers: unspecified]
17785C (none) 1932,1008.45 (none) [A-D] Weights. Heamitite [sic] Types II, III. [drawing]
17785A (none) 1932,1008.41 (none) [A-D] Weights. Heamitite [sic] Types II, III. [drawing]
17972B (none) 1932,1008.40 (none) [A-B] 2 palettes. Steatite. [drawing 1:1]
17973 (none) 1932,1008.39 (none) Miniature celt. Obsidian. [drawing 1:1]
18161 (none) 1932,1008.252 (none) Terracotta figurine. Fragment. Head and upper part of body of a bearded male figure, full face, with full heavy features and square cut beard.
17603 (none) 1932,1008.251 (none) Clay mould for nude female figure (broken and mended).
18073 (none) 1932,1008.250 (none) Terracotta figurine. Hand modelled. Snowman technique. Nude female figure holding a dish (or tambourine) against her breast. Elaborate hair, necklaces etc. Fragment, complete from hips up.
18012 (none) 1932,1008.248 (none) Terracotta figurine. Bearded god with high crown, full face, holding 2 clubs. Fragment from variant upwards.
18035 (none) 1932,1008.247 (none) Terracotta figurine. Nude female holding tambourine to breast. Gross type but not the most exaggerated. Complete except for legs below knees.
18006 (none) 1932,1008.246 (none) Terracotta figurine. Bearded man in long plain clothes, chiton and shawl, hands clasped below breast. Complete.
17604 (none) 1932,1008.243 (none) Clay relief (chair-back). Male and female figure. [Drawing 1:1]
18027A (none) 1932,1008.242 (none) Terracotta relief. Triad of gods, seated full face. On the sides - goddess and a god in long pleated garments, in the middle a small nude female figure holding her breasts. (A) Complete. (B) Complete: exactly similar but from a smaller mould (or shrunk).
18002 (none) 1932,1008.241 (none) Terracotta figurine. Bearded man, wearing kilt and advancing right. In the right hand an axe. Complete.
18037C (none) 1932,1008.240 (none) Terracotta relief. Goddess, standing (?) full face, hands raised and held apart before breast: high crown and elaborate hair and flounced dress. (A) Fragment, from the waist upwards. (B) Fragment from the waist upwards. (C) Exactly similar but from a smaller mould. Complete.
18038B (none) 1932,1008.239 (none) Terracotta figurine. Nude female with necklace and girdle : hands clasped below breasts. (A) Broken across thighs, otherwise complete. (B and C) Both complete as moulded but the mould was defective : it ends just above the knees and had been damaed at the hips (both impressions from the same mould: query authenticity?) (D) Identical type but from a small mould. Fragment from below breasts upwards.

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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