14746 | 1930,1213.459

Description (Catalog Card): Seal impression. Eagle, scorpions (?), vegetational forms(?)1     
Find Context (Catalog Card): SIS 8     
Material (Catalog Card): Clay2     
U Number: 14746     
Museum: British Museum      
Object Type: Seals, Stamps, and Sealings >> Seal Impression      
Season Number: 08: 1929-1930      
Description (Modern): Matthews (1993) p. 68 no. 47: 'U14746. BM 1930.12.13.459. UE 3:20. ?SIS8. H 2.4, L 4.6. Complete impression surviving. Two rollings. Symbols: AN, head, scorpion, bird, ?, ?UR2, scorpion. Sealing 5.7 x 4.8 x 2.6. Reverse has faint string impressions, SSD: Z. Base is level and smooth from wall surface. Functional type: door peg.' UE 3 p. 18 no. 20: 'Spread eagle between two scorpions, an archaic figure with palm-like wings, three-lobed tail, and no legs. Star, palm, antelope's, and ram's heads are pictographic elements. U. 14746. SIS 8 (?). Pl: 43' Merlin: 'Description Fragment of a clay sealing impressed with design of bird and scorpions on concave exterior surface; abraded; cracked; deposit. Dimensions Length: 2.75 inches Width: 1.75 inches'     
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Unfired      
Museum Number (BM Registration Number): 1930,1213.459     
[1] Woolley's description
[2] Material as described by Woolley

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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)
Ur Excavations III: Archaic Seal-Impressions Ur Excavations III: Archaic Seal-Impressions 1936 Legrain, Leon, and Woolley, Leonard (none)
Woolley's Catalog Cards Woolley's Catalog Cards Card -- BM ID:194 Box:60 Page:124 Card -- BM ID:194 Box:60 Page:124 (none)
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Publication Context: Ur >> Royal Cemetery | PG >> Seal Impression Strata | SIS >> SIS 8

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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