14892

Technique:	Decoration >> Subtraction >> Impressed
Technique:	Decoration >> Subtraction >> Inscribed

Description (Catalog Card):	Seal impression. Inscription. (sign) HC.240. [drawing]¹
Find Context (Catalog Card):	SIS 4
Material (Catalog Card):	Clay²

U Number:	14892
Museum:	The National Museum of Iraq
Object Type:	Seals, Stamps, and Sealings >> Seal Impression
Season Number:	08: 1929-1930
Culture/Period:	Early Dynastic / Sumerian >> EDI-II
Description (Modern):	UE 3 no. 424: 'Pictographic inscription. Four abodes are represented by the unu sign with a spouted jar between each of them. The emblems on the top, star, eagle, &c., are too indistinct to allow a proper attribution to Ur, Uruk, or Larsa. The two posts with cross-bars between four stars are somewhat different from the usual pictograph of Adab, and may have a general meaning. Eight-pointed star on the butt-end of the cylinder. U. 13912. SIS 4. Pl. 54. (P. CBS. 31.16.675.) U. 14892. SIS 4.' Matthews (1993) p. 65 no. 30 'U14892. IM 120960. Not previously published (this seal impression is not the same as UE 3:424, contra Legrain). SIS4. H >2.2, L >3.3. Two rollings. Symbols in at least one register: ?, U4 ? Sealing 4.3 x 4.7 x 2.4. Smooth peg, di. 2.4, with faint grain from ?wood/bone. Three rows of grainy thong (?leather), di. 0.5. Functional type: door peg.'
Description (Modern):	Object is sealed.
Material:	Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Unfired
Museum Number (IM Number):	IM 120960
Museum Number (IM Number):	IM 120960 (1977)
Tablet ID Number:	P005923