Description (Media Properties): Ur Excavation photo negatives Provisional     
Title: British Museum Photo Negatives     
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Object U Number Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) Museum Number (BM Registration Number) Museum Number (UPM B-number) Description (Catalog Card)
660 (none) (none) (none) Clay pot. Drab clay, wheelmade. [below] Type LXIX but the foot is less distinct + the neck has a New Bab. look (cf. Type LVII). The shoulder has "Persian" wheelmarkings. [circled] P.88
769 (none) (none) (none) Clay pot. Drab clay. Wheelmade. Type LXIX =P.88
768 (none) (none) B15388 Clay pot. Drab clay. Wheelmade. Type LXIX, as far as the upper part goes, but it narrows down to the base more rapidly. =P.181
767 (none) (none) B15391 Clay pot. Drab clay. Wheelmade. Type LXVIII, but has a flat bottom. Not P.
766 (none) 1923,1110.78 (none) Clay pot. Drab clay. Wheelmade. Type LXVIII. Not P.
765 (none) (none) (none) Clay pot. Drab clay. Wheelmade. Type LXXV =new (P) 128
915 (none) 1923,1110.97 (none) Clay relief. Goddess seated on a chair: flounced skirt, horned headdress, 2 pegs behind to make it stand up. [drawing]
121 (none) (none) (none) Clay relief. Moulded: much weathered. [drawing 1:1] [Annotated] Photo 69
107 (none) 1923,1110.98 (none) Clay relief. Moulded: seated man and woman, embracing: full flounced Sumerian skirts. [drawing 1:1]
6952 (none) (none) (none) Clay sealing with impression. God Martu with club in hand. Larsa Dynasty.
6342 (none) (none) (none) Clay sealing with seal impression. Royal seal. [First column of text on card] dIbi ilSin God of his land mighty king of Ur King of the 4 regions of the world. [Second column of text on card] To Ur-nigin-gar the archivist (ga-dub-ba) son of Ar-shi-ih his servant it (the seal) has been presented. [the following is below both columns on the card] Presentation to seated Sin. H.C.
6367 (none) (none) (none) Clay sealing. Sealed with 4 cylinder seals of Samsuiluna's servants. 10) Seal of Ilishu-ibishu cf. U.6360; 20) Ahu-shunu son of Imdi-Enlil, servant of Samsuiluna; 30) ( )wa-ti-bu(um), archive keeper of Nannar son of Ilukashu the diviner, servant of Samauiluna.; 40)Illegible.; H.C.
6664 (none) (none) B16265 Clay statuette. Baked. Seated female figure, naturalistic above, peg shaped below. Heavily cut large eye sockets. Prominent breasts. Incised marks below neck indicate collar of cloak. E. [drawing 1:1]
770 (none) (none) (none) Clay statuette. Snowman technique. [drawing]
2992 (none) (none) (none) Clay tablet (10 Col.). Date: "Year after that when Ibi-Sin "king of Ur, built the great walls of Nippur and Ur." Text comptability "98 servant (fem.) 63 children. Their oil "(ia) 1 gur, 177 qa - their fat (? ia) 3 gur, 60 qa "rations of the servant weavers (ush-bar) "of E-kar-zi-da, Month of Ezen-mah." H.C.
3034 47-29-140, 47-29-140 (none) (none) Clay tablet. Comptability gold and silver. Ibi-Sin (?) 3 2/3 shekel gold. 3 maneh 6 5/6 shekel 15 grain silver. Balance of revenue brought in.
6747 (none) 1948,0423.4 (none) Clay tablet. Deed of sale of male slave. Dated. Bur-Sin 6th. Seals 10) Emah kidug, scribe, son of Bangi 20) Urd a-kam, son of Dadaa, nuba-da of Adab. H.C.
6951 (none) (none) (none) Clay triangular label with seal impression. Lars Dynasty. Offering a lamb to the Sun god Shamash armed with notched weapon. War God Adad with scimitar and seven clubs in hands, steps on a winged dragon(?)
19 (none) 1935,0113.628 (none) Clay truncated cone. (broken). Inscribed on base and barrel. [Annotation] Building inscription of Warad-Sin SAKI-212c. Duplicates:U.334; U.753; U.700; U.878; U.751 [Annotation] Recording the king's building of E-temen-ni-gur-ru, for his life and that of his father Kudur-Mabug. (restores and completes a previously known insription) Placed in IN/No.3. Ur Texts I:R.I.131
842 (none) (none) B15197 Clay vase of drab clay. In form of a grotesque pig with lifted snout. New Babylonian period.
694 (none) (none) (none) Clay vase. Creamy drab ware. Type LXXII =RC.170 call this a variant new type P.116
613 (none) (none) (none) Clay vase. Drab clay, wheelmade, with four wheelmade lines incised around the shoulder. [crossed out] Type XII [inserted] wrong.
615 (none) (none) (none) Clay vase. Drab clay, wheelmade. Type XLVIII = P.97
6034 (none) (none) B16645 Clay vase. Drab. Mouth painted black. Vertical markings about 20mm in length run down from the neck, also painted blac. Type CXXII =RC.185 =1L.91b
7901 (none) (none) B17241 Clay vase. Glazed. Originally green, bleached white and yellow. Pomegranate shaped. Part of rim missing. Type CCCI or RC.17.

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