Description (Catalog Card): Cylinder seal. White shell. A humped bull of Indian type feeding on a bundle of hay(?) in front of a palm tree: on the other side, a scorpion & above it, horizontally a man with feathered headdress. A remarkable seal.1     
Find Context (Catalog Card): BC From vaulted grave cut down into wall between room 2 & courtyard of Bur-sin annex. NW?     
Material (Catalog Card): Shell2     
Measurement (Catalog Card): L. 25mm, D. 15mm     
[1] Woolley's description
[2] Material as described by Woolley
[3] Data collected by British Museum research team.

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Media Media Title Title Label Author Omeka Label
Ur Excavations VIII; The Kassite Period and the period of the Assyrian Kings Ur Excavations VIII; The Kassite Period and the period of the Assyrian Kings 1965 Woolley, Leonard (none)
Ur Excavations VII; The Old Babylonian Period Ur Excavations VII; The Old Babylonian Period 1976 Woolley, L. and M. Mallowan (none)
Ur Excavations IV; The Early Periods Ur Excavations IV; The Early Periods 1955 Woolley, L. (none)
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:64 Page:128 Card -- BM ID:194 Box:64 Page:128 (none)
Provisional Field Photo Album Provisional Field Photo Album (none) (none) (none)
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