13881 | 1930,1213.418 - UrOnline

Technique:	Decoration >> Subtraction >> Impressed

Description (Archival):	Matthews (1993) p. 68 no. 48: '13881. BM 1930.12.13.418. UE 3:209. SIS4. H >3.1, L 3.1. Four rollings. Symbols bordered by beaded lines: edinnu. U4 quadruped, bird, ?AN. Sealing 7.0 x 4.2 x 2.3. Reverse has curve, di. 9.0, and impressions of ?ne sacking secured with string, sd di. 0.2, sg di. 0.25, TP 0.6, SSD: Z. Functional type: pot with covering.' UE 3 p. 26 no. 209: 'Two (or three) registers. Spread eagle between crouching calves. Leaf, jar, or sign of the rising sun. Net pattern of stars in squares. Wavy lines and stakes within a circular enclosure, perhaps a picture of the fertile plain (edinnu) irrigated by canals. U. 13881. SIS 4. Burnt stratum. Pl. 45.' Merlin db: 'Description Fragment of clay sealing with impression of animals and geometric patterns on outside surface. Dimensions Length: 2.75 inches Width: 1.75 inches'
Description (Catalog Card):	Seal impression (jar-sealing) 2 registers: one, geometrical design; the other, Imgig and anmial (calf?) with sign UD ( ) another example of the same (cf. 14169, 14170)¹
Find Context (Catalog Card):	SIS 4 (Burnt stratum: clay burnt white. NW of post CD)
Material (Catalog Card):	Clay²

U Number:	13881
Museum:	British Museum
Object Type:	Seals, Stamps, and Sealings >> Seal Impression
Season Number:	08: 1929-1930
Material:	Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Unfired
Museum Number (BM Registration Number):	1930,1213.418

[1] Woolley's description

[2] Material as described by Woolley

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Location	Context Title	Context Description	Description (Modern)
	SIS 4	(none)	(none)

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Media: 13881 | 1930,1213.418 Export: JSON - XML - CSV

Media	Media Title	Title	Label	Author	Omeka Label
	Woolley's Catalog Cards	Woolley's Catalog Cards	Card -- BM ID:194 Box:57 Page:72	Card -- BM ID:194 Box:57 Page:72	(none)
	Cities, Seals, and Writing: Archaic Seal Impressions from Jemdet Nasr and Ur	Cities, Seals, and Writing: Archaic Seal Impressions from Jemdet Nasr and Ur	1993	Matthews, R. J.	(none)
	Ur Excavations III: Archaic Seal-Impressions	Ur Excavations III: Archaic Seal-Impressions	1936	Legrain, Leon, and Woolley, Leonard	(none)
	Provisional Field Photo Album	Provisional Field Photo Album	(none)	(none)	(none)

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Publication Context: Ur >> Royal Cemetery | PG >> Seal Impression Strata | SIS >> SIS 4

References

Matthews, R. J. . (1993) Cities, Seals, and Writing: Archaic Seal Impressions from Jemdet Nasr and Ur, Berlin: Gebr. Mann Verlag.

Provisional Field Photo Album, .

Legrain, Leon, and Woolley, Leonard. (1936) Ur Excavations III: Archaic Seal-Impressions, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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