11751 | 1929,1017.348
| Technique: | Decoration >> Subtraction >> Cut 1 |
| Technique: | Decoration >> Subtraction >> Drilled 1 |
| Technique: | Decoration >> Subtraction >> Impressed |
| Technique: | Decoration >> Subtraction >> Inscribed |
| Description (Catalog Card): | Cylinder Seal. White shell, the ends inlaid with lapis disks. Very much decayed. 2 heroes & 4 animals: man on the left strikes at a rampant bull(?) turned away from him & grappling with a lion(?) this lions body crosses that of a second lion who attacks a bull which is seized from behind by a figure half human and half bull. Between the two human figures is a double column inscription, upper register only:-Mes-kalam-dug(or sar) Lugal.2 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | PG 1054 C3 |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Shell4 |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Lapis lazuli4 |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Limestone4 |
| Measurement (Catalog Card): | L. 49mm, D. 30mm |
| U Number: | 11751 |
| Object Type: | Seals, Stamps, and Sealings >> Cylinder Seals |
| Museum: | British Museum |
| Season Number: | 07: 1928-1929 |
| Culture/Period: | Early Dynastic III1 |
| Description (Modern): | Orange brown limestone or shell cylinder seal with dark blue lapis lazuli core; depicts a contest scene - bull man, bull, crossed lions, bull-man(?) and hero(?). Terminal - inscription over hero.1 |
| Description (Modern): | Object is not sealed. |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Mineral >> Semi-precious >> Lapis Lazuli |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Stone >> Sedimentary >> Limestone |
| Material: | Organic Remains >> Shell |
| Museum Number (BM Big Number): | 122536 |
| Museum Number (BM Registration Number): | 1929,1017.348 |
| Tablet ID Number: | P247679 |
| Measurement (Diameter): | 29 |
| Measurement (Height): | 48 |
| Measurement (Height): | 495 |
| Measurement (Width): | 305 |
| [1] Data collected by British Museum research team. |
| [2] Woolley's description |
| [3] NW Corner |
| [4] Material as described by Woolley |
| [5] Barrett. 1976. Near East Section, Ur, Inscribed Objects |
Files
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
| PG/1054 | The grave is a complex one, consisting of a deep, walled shaft above a rubble and earth domed tomb. Woolley believed that the burials in the shaft acted as a kind of death pit, thus he believed the bodies in the shaft to be attendants to the primary burial in the domed chamber below. In the main chamber were the bodies of five people, four men and one woman. The woman was clearly an important person, lying in the center of the tomb and having a gold cylinder seal as well as other high value objects, including much carnelian. The walls of the shaft above began from a layer packed over the domed chamber and in theory could be a different grave entirely. However, Woolley believed he had evidence of a continuous process that included the packing and smoothing of layers above the dome and then the construction of the shaft. In the shaft, at differing levels, were four more burials. Some of these also possessed rather high-end objects and one had nearby a cylinder seal with the name of Meskalamdug, the King. In his section of PG1054, Woolley reconstructed a dome over this grave, but later intrusive burials had destroyed the upper walls and, if it had been there, the upper, smaller dome as well. | (none) | |
 | PG/1054C | (none) | (none) |
- 2 Locations
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery | Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery | 1934 | Woolley, Leonard | (none) |
| PG1054 Field Notes | PG1054 Field Notes | 1922-1934 | Woolley et al | (none) | |
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:50 Page:106 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:50 Page:106 | (none) |
- 3 Media
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Ur >> Royal Cemetery | PG >> Private Graves 1001-1100 >> PG/1054
Ur >> Royal Cemetery | PG >> Private Graves 1001-1100 >> PG/1054 >> PG/1054C
References
Woolley, Leonard. (1934) Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Woolley et al. (1922-1934) PG1054 Field Notes, Unpublished.