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)
1728 (none) (none) B15640 Terracotta relief. 2 figures (intact). Left bearded god with long flounced dress, holds scepter (?) in right hand; full face; left hand across chest; right goddess with tall horned crown, flounced skirt and shawl, over left shoulder, left hand across chest, right hand on shoulder of male figure: full face. The plaque stands upright on a slightly hollow base. P.
1783 (none) (none) B15639 Figurines. Red clay. Flounced robes, with raised hands and carrying pots, heads and feet missing. [drawing 1:1]
1332 (none) (none) B15638 Figurine. Drab clay. Moulded. Nude bearded figure holding jar, god Ea(?) as in U.1331. P.
1784 (none) (none) B15637 Figurine. Drab clay. Male, bearded and mitred bearing maces. Head and torso only. [drawing 1:1]
1216 (none) (none) B15636 Small terracotta moulded relief, the lower end bent forward. Female figure possibly goddess, with elaborate headdress, wearing long flounced robe, hands clasped at waist. [drawing]
1311 (none) (none) B15635 Clay relief. Similar to the preceding.
1744 (none) (none) B15634 Terracotta relief. Green clay. Figure of goddess, full face, hands below breasts holding situla-bottles. Mural(?) crown on head above heavily frizzed hair: several necklaces but breasts bare: big cloak with rosettes on shoulders hands concealing arms: from waist, flounced and pleated skirt, rosettes by ears and alongside skirt. P.
1375 (none) (none) B15633 Figurine. Greenish grey clay: moulded. Female(?) figure seated on chair, (legs in profile) wearing horned headdress and flounced skirt. P.
1330 (none) (none) B15632 Clay figurine. Red clay. Moulded. Bearded figure, wearing flounced robe and holding scepter in the right hand. P.
1721 (none) (none) B15631 Figurine. Red clay; moulded. Bearded figure with horned headdress, holding emblems. Found with cylinder seal U.1720. P.
1782 (none) (none) B15630 Figurine. Buff clay. Bearded male, legs and feet missing. [drawing 1:1]
1315 (none) (none) B15629 Clay relief. Upper part, showing head of a man wearing round cap and holding a small animal before him in his hands. P.
1454 (none) (none) B15619, B15619 Portion of the base of large clay cone, with inscription in 2 columns. Mostly illegible and authorship uncertain: possibly contains a dedication to Nergal. P.
1517 (none) (none) B15613 Clay cone of Ur-Nammu. Inscription duplicate of U.1515. P.
1206 (none) (none) B15612, B15612 Pot sherd, upon the outside of which promiscuous cuneiform signs have been inscribed in an archaic hand, presumably as practice. P.
1585 (none) (none) B15611 Lower part of broken stone foundation tablet of one of the kings of the 3rd Dynasty of Ur. (P. two boats) [drawing 1:1] [CARD MISSING]
1718 (none) (none) B15610 Fragment of shaft (top only) of bitumen paste(?); round at top, hexagonally grooved below. [drawing 2:5]
1439B (none) (none) B15597 Shell amulet. Lion couchant. Pierced for suspension.
1423 (none) (none) B15596 Stamp seal. Square button in terracotta with rude incised device of a bird standing among plants. [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.
1706 (none) (none) B15594 Cylinder seal. Light brown stone. With traces of archaic design of fishes.
1268 (none) (none) B15593, B15593 Cylinder seal in 2 registers: above, scene of "introduction" to a goddess. A woman is led forward by a female protecting deity. In lower register, 3 swans. Inscription: Ahat-ilti. Assat Lugal-usum-gal. (cf.U1267)
1267 (none) (none) B15592, B15592 Cylinder seal; scene of "introduction" to seated god facing right, with star and crescent above. Inscription: Lugal-asum-gal (cf. U.1268) mar Ur-sul. Su-du-a.
1285 (none) (none) B15591 Stone amulet. (?) Black stone, polished. Conventionalized representation of two heads (possibly rams?) and bodied, shoulder to shoulder, the bodies adorned with incised lines - the back plain. (pierced vertically for suspension) [drawing 1:1]
1734 (none) (none) B15590 Cylinder seal. grey stone. Broken. Upper part only of introduction scene with crescent moon in front of god. P.

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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