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)
17733 (none) (none) (none) Weight. Hematite. Type II. [drawing 1:1]
17786 32-40-129 (none) (none) Weight. Heamitite [sic]. With inscription [drawing 1:1] type I
17980 32-40-128 (none) (none) Weight. Haemitite. Type II. [drawing 1:1]
17749 32-40-125 (none) (none) Weight. Haematite. 2 scratches. Type II. [drawing 1:1]
17671 (none) (none) (none) Weight. Green steatite. Marked with a series of scratches. Type II [drawing 1:1]
17775 (none) (none) (none) Weight. Diorite. Type II. [drawing 1:1]
2519 (none) (none) (none) Weight. Basalt. Inscribed. [inscription] : igi 6 gal = 1/6. Type I
16421C (none) (none) (none) Weight Mottled granite. Ovoid. Single stroke incised on one side. To be weighedType I.
16421B (none) (none) (none) Weight Drab steatite. Lentoid. To be weighed. Type II.
1548 (none) (none) (none) Weight (?) of white stone or marble; elongated oval in shape; pierced horizontally through greatest breadth. Type II
18344 (none) (none) (none) Weight (?) of green stone. Circular, with straight vertical sides and flattened conical tip. ? Like this [drawing]. Type XX.
1505 (none) 1924,0920.182 (none) Weight (?) Black stone. Blunt-end cigar-shaped. Type II. [drawing 2:5]
1508 (none) 1924,0920.185 (none) Weight (?) Black stone, with groove cut round the middle. Like U.1507, more elongated. Type III.
18968 (none) (none) (none) Weight Oval. Black and white granite. Inscribed. [drawing of inscription] Type I.
15041 30-12-523 (none) (none) Weight Diorite? (elongated date stone) inscribed: 1 shekel. Type III.
2985 29-174-19 (none) (none) Water pot. Drab ware with rounded base and sieve top. Type CLXXXVIII (not p)
1677 (none) (none) (none) Ware. Drab clay; wheelmade. B. Type IV. Not p.
17117A 31-43-194 (none) (none) Wall-cones of white calcite. A. blunt point: a roughly incised line round the stem near the head. B. plain. C. Similar to (B), head broken.
17117B 31-43-195 (none) (none) Wall-cones of white calcite. A. blunt point: a roughly incised line round the stem near the head. B. plain. C. Similar to (B), head broken.
17117C (none) 1931,1010.189 (none) Wall-cones of white calcite. A. blunt point: a roughly incised line round the stem near the head. B. plain. C. Similar to (B), head broken.
18210 (none) (none) (none) Vulture's head. Mottled dark steatite. The eyes deeply hollowed to receive inlay. The lower side of the head is smoothly finished, with no sign of any attachment to a body: the head might have been used for a weight (?) or, is isolated, as an amulet. Fine bold work.
1666 (none) 1924,0920.304 (none) Vase. Red clay; wheelmade. Elongated form with pointed bottom, rim broken B. Type CVI. =L.40b (not p)
1737 (none) (none) B15772 Vase. Miniature. Light pinkish ware. P. [drawing 1:1]
1751 (none) (none) B15767 Vase. Light red clay, creamy engobbage. Handmade. Ornament incised before baking, design of 5 geese in a row and a palm tree. P.
1692 (none) (none) (none) Vase. Drab clay; wheelmade. Upper part broken away. B. Type XXIX, but more rounded outline. (not p)

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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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