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)
1420 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Terracotta. 2 human figures slaying a lion, rampant, facing right, between them. Illegible remains of a 2 line inscription.
1421 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Terracotta. Rough incised designs of a palmette, and leaves and branches.
1422 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Terracotta. With 2 incised bars, otherwise plain. A slight depression in each end; pierced.
1423 (none) (none) B15596 Stamp seal. Square button in terracotta with rude incised device of a bird standing among plants. [drawing]
1424 (none) (none) (none) Stone seal. Black four-sided. 2 wide and 2 narrow sides, pierced like a cylinder seal. One of wide sides has figure of a god standing on the back of an animal, the corresponding side a bird. On the narrow sides are designs. [drawing]
1425 (none) (none) B15595 Figurine. Upper part of small -silver- steatite figurine of a bearded and corpulent man holding left hand to breasts: right arm and legs missing. A small -prong- socket on top of the head served for suspension as a charm.
1426A (none) (none) (none) [A-D] Bronze rings (4)
1426B (none) (none) (none) [A-D] Bronze rings (4)
1426C (none) (none) (none) [A-D] Bronze rings (4)
1426D (none) (none) (none) [A-D] Bronze rings (4)
1427 (none) (none) (none) Bronze ring
1428 (none) (none) (none) Bronze implement. With edge at rounded end. [drawing 1:1]
1429 (none) (none) (none) Bronze implement. Spoon shaped. P. [drawing]
1430 (none) 1924,0920.116 (none) Chair or bedstead. Fragment. Drab clay. Moulded decoration, on upright, of 2 crescents on poles with tree (?) between.
1431 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black clay (?) 2 men slaying lion (?), broken.
1432 (none) (none) (none) Head of animal. Fragment. Drab clay. modeled. The animal has a halter or muzzle; the eyes attached separately.
1433 (none) (none) (none) Head of an animal. Fragment. Drab clay: modeled. 2 nicks are incised across nose.
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.
1439A (none) 1927,1003.234 (none) Shell amulet. Lion couchant. Pierced for suspension.
1439B (none) (none) B15597 Shell amulet. Lion couchant. Pierced for suspension.
1440 (none) (none) B15703 Rattle. Bird on pedestal; drab clay, modeled. P.

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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