14826 | 1930,1213.417
| Description (Catalog Card): | Seal impression. Elaborate geometrical pattern and stamp with 16 rayed star.1 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | PG? Should be SIS 4/5/6 or 8 |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Clay2 |
| U Number: | 14826 |
| Museum: | British Museum |
| Object Type: | Seals, Stamps, and Sealings >> Seal Impression |
| Season Number: | 08: 1929-1930 |
| Description (Modern): | UE 3 p. 41 no. 447 'Panelled construction between the edinnu and the cross motive. The latter has four legs in the four branches round the central circle. On the butt-end of the cylinder there is a fourteen- petalled rosette with fifteen chevrons in the core of the flower, d. 26 mm. U. 14826. SIS 4-8. P1. 55. U. I5014. SIS 4. U. 14617. Pit G. P1. 55. (P. CBS. 3I.I6.636.) U. 18409. Pit W. SIS 4-5. P1. 55.' Matthews (1993) p. 66 no. 31: 'U14617, UM 31.16.636. U14826, BM 1930.12.13.417. U18409, UM 33.35.383. U14617: under plano-convex wall. U14826: ?PG, ?SIS4-6 or 8. U18409: PG, Pit W, SIS4-5. UE 3:447. H >4.4, L >5.1. Symbols: ?UB KID, edinnu, leg cross, ? U14826. Sealing 6.4 x 5.7 x 4.4. Two rollings and one stamp impression. Smooth peg, di. 2.7. Several rows of string, sd di. 0.3, sg di. 0.55, TP 0.9, SSD: S. Mud plaster impressions on base. Functional type: door peg.' Merlin: 'Description Fragment of clay sealing with impressions of geometric patterns and cirlce with star on outside surface. Dimensions Length: 3 inches Width: 2 inches' |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Unfired |
| Museum Number (BM Registration Number): | 1930,1213.417 |
| [1] Woolley's description |
| [2] Material as described by Woolley |
Files
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Seal Impression Strata | SIS | This is a vertical distinction rather than a horizontal one. Located within the Area PG (the Royal Cemetery) these strata were noted sloping down and forming the material into which the graves were dug (mostly seen in the western portion of the cemetery area). They contained many early tablets and seal impressions, thus the name SIS (Seal Impression Strata). They appear to be evidence of many dumping episodes of administrative material probably thrown out from an important building such as an early shrine. There were eight separate strata noted, but not all could be traced over an extended area and there are conflations of several, such as SIS 4-5, where the exact stratum for an artifact could not be determined. | (none) |
- 1 Location
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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:198 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:60 Page:198 | (none) |
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Context
Publication Context: Ur >> Royal Cemetery | PG >> Seal Impression Strata | SIS
References
Provisional Field Photo Album, .