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)
1007 (none) 1923,1110.101 (none) Terracotta relief, moulded. Male figure, bearded with horned cap, holding two objects against shoulders in Osirid fashion: flounced skirt. Full length: broken and mended, chip missing out of skirt. Whitish clay.
1008A (none) 1923,1110.100 (none) Terracotta relief. Whitish clay. Moulded, female figure, nude with hands to breasts bead necklace, organs dotted, big earrings and very prominent features. Lower part of leg missing but feet preserved separately.
1009 (none) 1923,1110.104 (none) Terracotta relief. Moulded Female figure, upper part of: nude, against a cloak which comes over shoulders in part & is thrown back to cover field behind body. Elaborately dressed hair: necklaces, coiled bracelets: hands on breasts. Whiteish clay.
1012 (none) 1923,1110.99 (none) Terracotta relief. Red clay. Moulded, in a rectangular frame (shrine?) a female figure wearing turreted headdress, heavy cloak with big rosettes on shoulders, flounced skirt. In each hand a bottle (?): 4 large rosettes in field above shoulders. Features pinched and not recognizable. Broken off at knees.
1015 (none) 1923,1110.103 (none) Terracotta relief. Moulded. Upper part of bearded male figure wearing tall horned cap and carrying against his shoulders two objects like axes (?) (Osirid style of U.1007, which is of a different mould). Broken below elbows and surface much destroyed. Greenish white clay.
1017 (none) 1923,1110.108 (none) Terracotta relief. Moulded. Upper part of bearded male figure in profile head uncovered, with heavy hair: cloak over left shoulder; right hand carries over shoulder a flail. Whitish clay.
1022 (none) (none) (none) Terracotta relief. Moulded. Upper part of group of 2 figures, bearded male figure wearing high lunar headdress: in field, above, crescent; behind male figure a staff with crescent top.
1025 (none) 1923,1110.114 (none) Terracotta figure. Drab clay. Hand modeled. A donkey? On its back object incomplete either panniers and saddle or legs of rider(?). One hind leg missing.
1027B (none) 1923,1110.119 (none) Wheels. Clay. With pierced projecting hubs and cogged edges. (A) Reddish clay. (B) Greenish clay.
1028 (none) (none) (none) Terracotta figure. Fragment, grotesque head and shoulders. Snowman technique. Whitish clay.
1029 (none) 1923,1110.118 (none) Rattle. Wheel form with double rim cogged and small central hole. Small stone(?) inside.Greenish clay.
1030 (none) (none) (none) Rattle. Broken and incomplete. Same type as U.1029 but with holes all over. Pinkish drab clay.
1031 (none) (none) (none) Clay Cullender. Shallow dish form pierced with 3 rows of holes and one central hole. Greenish white clay.
1033 (none) 1923,1110.91 (none) Model boat. of Green clay. Side chipped and stern peak missing. Flat bottomed.
1035B (none) 1923,1110.92 (none) Frs of three model boats. A only Phil.
1035C (none) (none) (none) Frs of three model boats. A only Phil.
1036 (none) 1923,1110.80 (none) Clay Vase. Handmade. Reddish clay with white slip. [drawing]
1037 (none) (none) (none) Clay Bowl. wheelmade. With inverted sides and flat base. Greenish clay,
1038 (none) (none) (none) Model Vase. in light drab clay. Miniature: straight sides, rim round base, everted rim.
1039 (none) (none) (none) Model wheel. Miniature. Drab clay. Smooth edges, projecting hub.
1040 (none) (none) (none) Clay Figurine. Snowman technique.Upper part of male figure.
1041 (none) (none) (none) Clay Figurine. Fragment. Greenish drab clay. a horse(?): one ear and all legs missing. Traces of a rider(?) (or pack?) on back.
1046 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. grey steatite. Figures and inscription.
1047 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. grey steatite. Figures and inscription.
1048 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Standing figures.

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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