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)
1020 (none) (none) B15181 Terracotta relief. Moulded. Fragment of bearded male head wearing high horned cap from which descend on each side spiral curls containing a cross white the side locks of hair also end in spirals. [drawing of spirals]
1042 (none) (none) B14998 Terracotta figurine. fr. of. in light drab clay. Part (Head and shoulders and feet gone) of the usual nude female type with beaded triangle.
1021 (none) (none) B14994 Terracotta relief. Moulded. Fragment from waist upwards of female figure, nude, hands to breasts, face broken away. Whitish clay.
1016 (none) (none) B14993 Terracotta figure. Snowman technique. Whitish clay. Male figure with whiskers and beard (applique) and heavy bonnet, wearing chiton and mantle. Crude work: broken above knees. Whitish clay.
1005 (none) (none) B14986 Bowl. Egg-shell ware. Pale drab color, wheelmade. Broken but joins up. Type XCV =P.187
817 (none) (none) B14981 Stone bowl. of greenish loose-grained stone like lava. Broken in half and some fragments missing. Sides practically straight, base flat.
814 (none) (none) B14980 Stone bowl. of greenish loose-grained stone like lava. Sides slightly curved, base flat.
820 (none) (none) B14979 Stone bowl of coarse whitish limestone, almost of marble.
977 (none) (none) B14978 Stone bowl.
368A (none) (none) B14964 [A] Stone mould, broken, for making clay figurines. Scene: a god seated on a stool wearing the seven-horned cap, with left arm and hand stretched out towards a standing figure in a plain robe wearing a single horn: above two crescents. (B) Second fragment; female figure standing upright (Baghdad)
823E (none) (none) B14955 [A-E] Five Roundels Green stone. Flat below and domed above possibly lids for vases?
1 (none) (none) (none) Clay Cone. Inscribed.
122 (none) (none) (none) Fr. of stone tablet. Fine-grained limestone. Inscribed [drawing] [Annotated] Sumerian accounts of early date? Early
151 (none) 1923,1110.105 (none) Clay figurine. Moulded in relief. Ordinary Ishtar type: head missing. [drawing 1:1]
202 (none) (none) (none) Clay cone. Fragment. Inscription: recording of the building of the canal of Ur. Duplicate of 169 [probably U.169]. Placed in IN/No. 4 [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
294 (none) (none) (none) Gate socket. Inscription of Ur-Engur. Illegible
299 (none) 1923,1110.219 (none) Clay cone, frag of, From top. 2nd col of inscription of a ruler of lagush (?) recording the building of a temple in Ninua. Copied and transliterated. Placed in IN/No.5 [crossed out]
369 (none) 1923,1110.11 (none) Clay cone. Fragment of base. Inscription records the building of a temple for NIN-E-GAL for the life of Rim-Sin "and his own life." Shaft cut away. Partial duplicate c.f. SAKI p.218 Steintafel B. Placed in IN/No.3
370 (none) (none) (none) Tablet. Frag. of. Obverse, portion of account tablet drawn up in columns. Placed in IN/No. 2
371 (none) (none) (none) Tablet. Complete. Inscription obverse and reverse. Account tablet. Date in the reign of Hammurabi. Placed in IN/No. 2
409 (none) (none) (none) Bronze fibula. Broken. Poor condition. 9th-5th cent BC type. [drawing 1:1]
411 (none) (none) (none) Chalcedony seal. Very roughly engraved with design of two fish. [drawing 1:1]
412 (none) (none) (none) Shell amulet. Human face, full front: rough cut. [drawing 1:1]
526 (none) (none) (none) Clay cone. Broken. Enscription of Ur-Engur concerning the canal of Ur. Duplicate of U.169. Placed in IN/No 4
654 (none) 1923,1110.178 (none) Beads. String of (inserted) 128 small carnelian rings, 38 white pebble bugles + 12 small lapis beads, strung together. [below] Found with stone bowls +posts of No.'s U.810 sq.

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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