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
	Ur Excavations III: Archaic Seal-Impressions	Ur Excavations III: Archaic Seal-Impressions	1936	Legrain, Leon, and Woolley, Leonard	(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)
	Provisional Field Photo Album	Provisional Field Photo Album	(none)	(none)	(none)
	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)

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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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