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)
1491 (none) 1924,0920.142 (none) Miniature bowl. Red clay; wheelmade(?) chipped at rim. Like U.1485, U.1486.
1492 (none) (none) (none) Miniature pot. Drab clay, with remains of green glaze. Wheelmade. Type 662 =P.99 [drawing 1:1]
1493 (none) 1924,0920.384 (none) Miniature bowl. Light drab clay; wheelmade; chipped at rim.
1494 (none) (none) (none) Miniature bowl. Red drab clay; wheelmade; rim broken. [drawing 1:1]
1495 (none) (none) (none) Cup. Red clay; wheelmade; rim chipped. [drawing 1:1]
1496 (none) (none) (none) Saucer. Drab clay; handmade. Rough. ?Larsa [drawing 1:1]
1497 (none) (none) B15777 Miniature bottle. Drab clay; handmade. P. [drawing 1:1]
1498 (none) (none) (none) Miniature bowl. Yellow clay; handmade. [drawing 1:1]
1499 (none) (none) (none) Wheel. Rad clay, with foliated edges; pierced through center. Like U.1290.
1500 (none) (none) (none) Fragment. Rim of jar; yellow clay; wheelmade; with head of bird in relief below rim; thereare four holes through rim, and part of 2 others large below. [drawing 2:5]
1501 (none) (none) (none) Box lid. Fragment. Drab clay. With boss handle and snake in relief. [drawing 2:5]
1502 (none) 1924,0920.184 (none) Stone plumb bob. Black stone, polished : with hole at end and 2 at side, and remains of copper wire within. P. [drawing]
1503 (none) (none) (none) Plumb bob. Drab clay. With hole at end, and one at side. [drawing]
1504 (none) (none) B15729 Stone weight(?) grey-black stone. Flattened on underside. Incised marks (possibly Aramaic letters) Type I. P. [drawing].
15041 30-12-523 (none) (none) Weight Diorite? (elongated date stone) inscribed: 1 shekel. Type III.
15042 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Shell. Presentation. Crescent. Inscription: dumu Ur gis ginar dam-kar N. son of Ur-ginar, merchant. HC.102.
1505 (none) 1924,0920.182 (none) Weight (?) Black stone. Blunt-end cigar-shaped. Type II. [drawing 2:5]
1506 (none) 1924,0920.183 (none) Stone weight (?) Mottled mauve-black stone. Like U.1505 (smaller) Type II.
15066B (none) (none) (none) Group (A) Brick =RIU 119 + 12570 (HC. 1928/9 - 115) lines 1-15 slightly completing lines 14 & 15 (B) Also another fragment of same (not preserved). (C) Another small frgment (not preserved) (D) Another fragment slightly completing 12570 line 17-19 & 24. HC.13 [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
1507 (none) (none) B15731 Stone weight. Mottled black stone. Like U.1506 (more elongated). Type II. P. [Philadelphia]
1508 (none) 1924,0920.185 (none) Weight (?) Black stone, with groove cut round the middle. Like U.1507, more elongated. Type III.
151 (none) 1923,1110.105 (none) Clay figurine. Moulded in relief. Ordinary Ishtar type: head missing. [drawing 1:1]
1510 (none) (none) (none) Seal. Black stone. Conical; deity(?) and crescent on pole.
1511 (none) (none) (none) Earring. Broken. Thin gold: boat shaped. [drawing]
1512 (none) 1924,0920.140 (none) Juglet. Brown clay; handmade. With incised herring-bone pattern below neck. [drawing 1:1]

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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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