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)
1383 (none) (none) (none) Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards. Drab clay. Moulded. Bearded figure with horned headdress.
1384 (none) 1924,0920.93 (none) Figurine. Fragment, from below waist upwards only; drab clay: moulded. Figure with horned headdress.
1385 (none) 1924,0920.113 (none) Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only. Reddish clay: moulded. Bearded figure, with high headdress, the head in profile, and arms folded.
1386 (none) (none) (none) Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only; red drab clay. Rudely modeled figure, with eyes separately attached.
1387 31-16-832 (none) (none) Figurine. Red clay: moulded. Nude female figure, chipped, and feet broken off.
1390 31-16-806 (none) (none) Drab clay fragment. Skirt of seated figure between 2 birds. Moulded.
1391 (none) 1924,0920.383 (none) Drab clay fragment. Relief of 2 birds facing each other branches. Moulded.
1392 (none) (none) B15643 Drab clay relief. Moulded. 2 figures standing, wearing flounced skirts, one with horned headdress. Crescent of moon and stars above. P.
1393 (none) 1924,0920.70 (none) Drab clay relief. Moulded figures. 2 figures seated side by side (on modeled seat) clothed, but one shoulder of each bare, extending each an arm towards the other. Crescent moon (?) above.
1394 (none) 1935,0113.37 (none) Drab clay. Fragment. Moulded. Heads of 2 figures, one with horned headdress.
1395 (none) 1924,0920.118 (none) Fragment. (probably a vase) Reddish clay. Incised female figure holding up hands, with neck and head of ostrich on right. Rudely drawn.
1406 (none) (none) B15694 Mask. Red drab clay. Moulded. Grotesque head.
1407 (none) 1924,0920.94 (none) Mask. Red clay: moulded. Grotesque head.
1408 (none) 1924,0920.49 (none) Mask. Black stone. Small grotesque head; pierced for suspension.
1409 (none) (none) B15725 Mask. Faience, traces of blue glaze. Small grotesque head. P.
1410 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Hematite. Introduction to a god seated facing right. Inscription in 2 lines obliterated.
1411 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black marble (?) Eagle with outspread wings clutching the backs of 2 rampant ibexes which turn their heads backward. Between the heads of the 2 creatures is a palm-tree or symbol. No inscription.
1412 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Bluish-black marble. Introduction to a god, seated right, with crescent moon before him. Space for inscription left blank..
1413 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal, broken. With device of the owner being led forward, facing left, to the presence of a deity who stands with left leg raised (upon a mountain?) and holds a spear in left hand. Traces only of inscription.
1414 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black stone. Introduction to a god seated right with crescent moon before him. Space for inscription blank.
1415 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black stone. 2 human figures slaying a lion which leaps between them, facing right. No inscription.
1416 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black stone. Small. With indistinct device of a human figure, striding right, followed by two others with hands clasped and upheld. No inscription.
1417 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black stone. 2 human figures slaying a lion, which leaps between them facing right.
1418 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black stone. Half. Portions of 2 human figures and an uncertain object.
1419 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Terracotta. Broken. Rough incised device apparently of 2 animals rampant on either side of a tree.

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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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