15478 | 31-17-20

Description (Catalog Card): Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Standing god, worshipper & rampant lion.2     
Find Context (Catalog Card): Surface     
Material (Catalog Card): Steatite4     
Material (Catalog Card): Diorite4     
Measurement (Catalog Card): L. 21mm, D. 10mm     
U Number: 15478     
Object Type: Seals, Stamps, and Sealings >> Cylinder Seals      
Museum: University of Pennsylvania Museum      
Season Number: 08: 1929-1930      
Description (Modern): Cylinder Seal CBS Register: U.15578 has been crossed out for U.15478. Seal cylinder. Diorite. Worshipers and god of the winged dragon. UE X: U.15478. A god approached by two worshippers. He is a strange figure in short tunic and turban, holding some vase or small object. There is a flat crescent above him, a winged dragon rampant behind. The worshippers wear long robes. Black steatite cylinder.     
Description (Modern): CBS Register: U.15578 has been crossed out for U.15478. Seal cylinder. Diorite. Worshipers and god of the winged dragon. UE X: U.15478. A god approached by two worshippers. He is a strange figure in short tunic and turban, holding some vase or small object. There is a flat crescent above him, a winged dragon rampant behind. The worshippers wear long robes. Black steatite cylinder.3     
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Stone >> Igneous >> Diorite      
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Stone >> Metamorphic >> Greenstone >> Steatite      
Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number): 31-17-20     
Measurement (X): 21     
Measurement (X): 21     
Measurement (Y): 11     
Measurement (Y): 10     
[1] lion demon?
[2] Woolley's description
[3] Modern description
[4] Material as described by Woolley

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Location Context Title Context Description Description (Modern)
Ur When Woolley lists context only as 'Ur' on his object catalog cards he tends to mean that it was found somewhere within the confines of the city wall but no more specific than that. These are often surface finds that Woolley felt did not require more specific find spot information. Those found outside the city walls were typically recorded as 'brought in' followed by the name of the broad region from which they were brought in by the workers. (none)
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Media: 15478 | 31-17-20 Export: JSON - XML - CSV

Media Media Title Title Label Author Omeka Label
Ur Excavations X; Seal Cylinders Ur Excavations X; Seal Cylinders 1951 Legrain, Leon, and Woolley, Leonard (none)
Woolley's Catalog Cards Woolley's Catalog Cards Card -- BM ID:194 Box:62 Page:148 Card -- BM ID:194 Box:62 Page:148 (none)
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References

Legrain, Leon, and Woolley, Leonard. (1951) Ur Excavations X; Seal Cylinders, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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