14831
| Description (Catalog Card): | Seal impression. Linear design.1 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | SIS 4, 5, 6, or 8 |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Clay2 |
| U Number: | 14831 |
| Object Type: | Seals, Stamps, and Sealings >> Seal Impression |
| Season Number: | 08: 1929-1930 |
| Description (Modern): | Matthews (1993) p. 72 no. 110 'U14831. BM. Moorey 565. SIS4. 5, 6 or 8. H 2.2, L >3.8. One rolling. Symbols: ?leg cross, ?edinnu Sealing 4.5 x 3.2 x 2.5. String impressions on reverse, sd di. 0.3, sg di. 0.4. TP 0.8, SSD: Z. Base has clear split-reed matting impressions. Functional type: reed matting package.' Moorey (1979) p. 110 no. 565 'Distorted rolling of a very sharply cut geometric design. U.14831, with U.14829-30, 14832 : SIS 4, 5, 6 or 8. Appears to be from a package rather than a jar or other vessel. The very sharp cutting of a number of the cylinders which made these impressions is striking, but impossible to catch in a drawing ; even photographs give only a very vague impression of this technique (cf. for example, UE III, Pl. 47. 269, Pl. 49. 329).' |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Unfired |
| [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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unpublished Early Dynastic sealings from Ur in the British Museum. | Unpublished Early Dynastic sealings from Ur in the British Museum. | 1979 | Moorey, P. R. S. | (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) |
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Context
Publication Context: Ur >> Royal Cemetery | PG >> Seal Impression Strata | SIS
References
Moorey, P. R. S. (1979) Unpublished Early Dynastic sealings from Ur in the British Museum. , .