11418 | 30-12-29 - UrOnline

Technique:	Decoration >> Subtraction >> Impressed
Technique:	Decoration >> Subtraction >> Inscribed
Iconography:	Animal/Zoomorphic >> Mammal >> Lion
Iconography:	Clothing >> Nude
Iconography:	Human/zoomorphic >> Male
Iconography:	Human/zoomorphic >> Body Parts >> Head
Iconography:	Human/zoomorphic >> Body Parts >> Head >> Hair
Iconography:	Human/zoomorphic >> Body Parts >> Head >> Bearded
Iconography:	Human/zoomorphic >> Position >> Hand Raised
Iconography:	Human/zoomorphic >> Position >> Standing
Iconography:	Human/zoomorphic >> Position >> Holding Animal

Description (Catalog Card):	Cylinder seal. Green Jasper. Two men fighting 2 lions, the latter heraldically crossed, and an inscription in 2 lines. Inscription: UrdGIS-BIL-ga-mes dub-sar sumu Urd KA-DI = Ur-Gilgames scribe, son of Ur-KA-DI. HC.1928/9-2.¹
Find Context (Catalog Card):	PG 968
Material (Catalog Card):	Jasper³
Material (Catalog Card):	Jadeite³

U Number:	11418
Object Type:	Seals, Stamps, and Sealings >> Cylinder Seals
Museum:	University of Pennsylvania Museum
Season Number:	07: 1928-1929
Description (Modern):	CBS Register. Ur 1928-9, Season VII. Cylinder Seal. Jadeite. Gilgamesh, Enkidu, two lions, Ur'd'gis-bil games, Dubsar, son of Ur'd'Kadi UE II: Cylinder seal, green jasper. Inscription of Ur-Gilgames the scribe, son of Ur-KA-DI.²
Description (Modern):	Object is not sealed.
Material:	Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Mineral >> Semi-precious >> Chalcedony >> Jasper
Material:	Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Mineral >> Semi-precious >> Jadeite
Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number):	30-12-29
Tablet ID Number:	P270234
Measurement (Height):	30⁴
Measurement (Width):	20⁴
Measurement (X):	30
Measurement (Y):	19

[1] Woolley's description

[2] Modern description

[3] Material as described by Woolley

[4] Barrett. 1976. Near East Section, Ur, Inscribed Objects

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Location	Context Title	Context Description	Description (Modern)
	PG/968	(none)	(none)
	PG/991	(none)	(none)

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Media	Media Title	Title	Label	Author	Omeka Label
	UPM Field Photo numbers	UPM Field Photo numbers	(none)	(none)	(none)
	Woolley's Catalog Cards	Woolley's Catalog Cards	Card -- BM ID:194 Box:49 Page:19	Card -- BM ID:194 Box:49 Page:19	(none)

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Ur >> Royal Cemetery | PG >> Private Graves 901-1000 >> PG/968

Ur >> Royal Cemetery | PG >> Private Graves 901-1000 >> PG/991

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