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)
1316 (none) 1924,0920.82 (none) Upper part of clay relief shewing head of heavily bearded man. app. with right arm raised.
1337 (none) 1924,0920.81 (none) Figurine. Fragment. Reddish drab clay: moulded. Head and breast of female figure, with headdress and necklace.
1624 (none) 1924,0920.80 (none) Clay figurine. Drab clay; modeled. Seated figure, with necklace.
1376 (none) 1924,0920.79 (none) Figurine. Drab clay: moulded, the chair modeled. Female figure seated on chair (facing) holding cup in right hand.
1613 (none) 1924,0920.78 (none) Figurine. Drab clay; moulded. Figure with skirt to knees, legs in profile, carrying axe (?) over right shoulder; head missing.
1235 (none) 1924,0920.76 (none) Terracotta relief of mother and child similar to preceding number.
1756 (none) 1924,0920.75 (none) Relief. Moulded clay. Grotesque male figure, full face: Bes-like head, right arm raised, left to breast, body nude, large genital organs, bowl legs. Feet together.
1331 (none) 1924,0920.74 (none) Figurine. Light drab clay. Moulded. Nude figure, bearded, head and body facing, legs in profile. The god Ea(?) holding jar from which flow two streams.
1232 (none) 1924,0920.73 (none) Terracotta relief showing 2 figures, male (right) and female (left) standing facing, each with hand upon the shoulder of the other. [drawing]
1302 (none) 1924,0920.72 (none) Upper portion of relief with figure similar to U.1301.
1612 (none) 1924,0920.71 (none) Figurine. Fragment, bust only. Greenish clay; moulded. Bearded head with high horned headdress.
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.
1757 (none) 1924,0920.69 (none) Relief. Light red clay. Moulded. Female figure seated figure right: intact from same mould as U.1375.
1755 (none) 1924,0920.68 (none) Figure. Moulded. Reddish clay. On a chair or throne, (broken) upright female (?) figure, full face. Hands on breasts, body apparently draped: on head, a mural (?) crown: heavy curls over shoulders.
1759 (none) 1924,0920.67 (none) Figurine. Light red clay. Moulded. Nude female figure seated, full face, wears full-bottomed wig and bead-collar: with both hands holds infant to left breast. Roughly modeled in relief: two legs behind enable relief to stand up.
1308 (none) 1924,0920.66 (none) Clay relief showing a pair of seated figures, male (left) and female (right) embracing each other with one arm. The man holds in his other hand a kid or lamb and the woman a hanging bag.
1347 (none) 1924,0920.65 (none) Figurine. Drab clay: moulded, broken away at knees. Female figure, nude, with headdress, necklace (3 or 4-fold) and belt.
1742 (none) 1924,0920.64 (none) Terracotta relief. Green clay. Female figure, full face, standing with hands raised to breast. Triple feather crown, bead (?) girdle. By the side of the figure traces of rope-pattern, possibly edge of a veil (or shrine) behind the goddess.
1722 (none) 1924,0920.63 (none) Figurine. Drab clay; moulded. Female figure, clothed, with high headdress and flounced skirt.
1236 (none) 1924,0920.62 (none) Terracotta relief, complete, of naked goddess with hands resting under the breasts and apparently some kind of wrap round the shoulders. Drab clay. [drawing]
1374 (none) 1924,0920.61 (none) Figurine. Red clay: moulded. Female figure wearing animal's skin over head and shoulders, and belt; holding circular object in both hands.
1552 (none) 1924,0920.60 (none) Figurine. Green clay: moulded. Bearded figure in long robe, with low headdress and collar.
1371 (none) 1924,0920.59 (none) Figurine. Drab clay. Moulded. Female figure, nude, with necklace.
1720 (none) 1924,0920.57 (none) Cylinder seal. Black stone. Unfinished and broken; with single figure of erect lion. Found with figurine U.1712.
1555 (none) 1924,0920.51 (none) Amulet. Hematite. Recumbant cat; pierced for suspension, with holes for inlay eyes. [drawing 1:1]

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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