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)
17759 32-40-315 (none) (none) Amulet. Frit. Frog. [drawing 1:1]
17870 32-40-310 (none) (none) Amulet. White shell. In the form of a flying bird (one wing missing) [drawing 1:1]
18040A 32-40-31 (none) (none) Terracotta relief. Nude girl standing full face, left hand to breast, right raised to shoulder level. (the body has an almost Praxitelian curve!). (A) Complete, except for the lower leg. (B) Fragment from the waist upwards. (C) Fragment, from the hips upwards.
17863 32-40-309 (none) (none) Amulet. Puzuzu head. Glazed frit (glaze all decayed. [drawing 1:1]
17758 32-40-305 (none) (none) Figurine. Frit, formerly glazed. Duck. [drawing 1:1]
18003A 32-40-28 (none) (none) Terracotta figurine. Bearded man with kilt advancing right. Head full face. (A) Complete. (B) Upper part to waist only. (C) Upper part to waist only.
18046E 32-40-27 (none) (none) Terracotta figurine. Woman, nude, standing full face, with tambourine : over the shoulders a spotted cloak. Coarse type. (A) Fragment from navel upwards. (B) Fragment from thighs upwards. Different mould and flatter relief: no cloak. (C) Fragment from thighs upwards: similar to (A). (D) Fragment from waist upwards: similar to (C). (E) Fragment from belly to knees. (F) Fragment: head only. (G) Fragment: from waist upwards and a smaller mould.
18142C 32-40-260 (none) (none) Beads. A collection of mixed stone beads. The majority of stalagmite calcite, plain milky calcite, black and white granite, marble, steatite, pink limestone, jasper etc. ? Third dynasty.
18046C 32-40-26 (none) (none) Terracotta figurine. Woman, nude, standing full face, with tambourine : over the shoulders a spotted cloak. Coarse type. (A) Fragment from navel upwards. (B) Fragment from thighs upwards. Different mould and flatter relief: no cloak. (C) Fragment from thighs upwards: similar to (A). (D) Fragment from waist upwards: similar to (C). (E) Fragment from belly to knees. (F) Fragment: head only. (G) Fragment: from waist upwards and a smaller mould.
18201B 32-40-257 (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian. Rings and chisel shaped pendants.
18203 32-40-256 (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian. Rings and poppy seed pendants.
18202B 32-40-255 (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian. Rings and rod pendants.
18201A 32-40-254 (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian. Rings and chisel shaped pendants.
18096 32-40-25 (none) (none) Terracotta figurine. Primitive. Hand modelled: man standing, right arm broken. [drawing]
18127.2 32-40-249 (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian. Small ball and fleur-de-lys.
18063 32-40-23 (none) (none) Terracotta figurine. Female figure, nude, standing full face and holding a tambourine before the breasts. Fragment from waist upwards.
18013 32-40-22 (none) (none) Terracotta figurine. Bearded man, full face, upper part of body nude, carrying a bird between clasped hands. Fragment from waist upwards.
18085 32-40-21 (none) (none) Terracotta figurine. (fragment) Al Obaid type. Reptilian head projecting forward; broad, flat shoulders, the arms (missing) widened like wings: female breasts and slender waist. The eyes are strongly aslant. The top of the head rises in a peak. Broken away at waist.
18051 32-40-20 (none) (none) Terracotta figurine. Nude female standing full face, hands clasped. Head unduly large, body thick and heavy: hair dressed in Egyptian style. Complete from knees upwards.
18104 32-40-2 (none) (none) Vase of light drab clay in the form of a woman carrying a jar. (the arms broken). [drawing 1:1]
18007 32-40-18 (none) (none) Terracotta figurine. Bearded god, full face. Fragment, from breast upwards.
18054 32-40-17 (none) (none) Terracotta figurine. Nude female standing full face, hands clasped. Slender type. Complete.
17969E 32-40-151 (none) (none) [A-F] Arrowheads. Copper. [drawing]
17969D 32-40-150 (none) (none) [A-F] Arrowheads. Copper. [drawing]
18011 32-40-15 (none) (none) Terracotta figurine. Bearded man (?) full face, hands folded below breast: elaborate drapery. Fragment from wiast upward.

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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