16262 | 31-43-37
| Description (Catalog Card): | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Presentation scene with standing god and three other figures.3 |
| Description (Archival): | White Copper Alloy. Crescent shape |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | BC larnex grave against outer face of SW wall of Bur-Sins SE annex |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Steatite |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Diorite4 |
| Measurement (Catalog Card): | L. 21mm, D. 12mm |
| U Number: | 16262 |
| Object Type: | Seals, Stamps, and Sealings >> Cylinder Seals |
| Museum: | University of Pennsylvania Museum |
| Season Number: | 09: 1930-1931 |
| Object Type: | Dress and Personal Ornaments >> Rings |
| Description (Modern): | Cylinder Seal, worshipping Martu, nergal weapon, monkey, bandylegged dwarf Worshipping d'Martu, Nergal weapon, monkey, bandylegged dwarf. UE X: a god armed with crook and club stands up, his bare leg resting on a low base. A pleated shawl hangs down from his waist. He apparently wears a turban. There is a squatting monkey before him, and a worshipper in pleated robe raising one hand. next comes a short Hittite figure in pointed cap and tunic, holding a curved club in the right hand and a piece of game in the left. A human head fills the ground below. A tall Nergal weapon fills the space at the back. FInally, a bare-headed worshipper stands up with clasped hands, followed by the nude bandy-legged man. Steatite cylinder. |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Stone >> Igneous >> Diorite |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Stone >> Metamorphic >> Greenstone >> Steatite |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Metal >> Copper Alloy |
| Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number): | 31-43-37 |
| Measurement (Diameter): | 25.0 |
| Measurement (Thickness): | 5.0 |
| Measurement (X): | 22 |
| Measurement (Y): | 13 |
| [1] possible dwarf |
| [2] 1 of 4 figures holding possible crook; 2 holding unknown objects and possibly monkeys |
| [3] Woolley's description |
| [4] Material as described by Woolley |
Files
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | LG/164 | BCG/9 | Located in area ENE of House 30/D, against outer face of SW. wall of Mausoleum. Analysis suggests that grave associated with the LP in area cut by Temenos Wall, and dug down into Royal Mausolea area. | (none) |
- 1 Location
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Variation in Ancient Mesopotamia: An Architectural and Mortuary Analysis of Ur in the Early S | Social Variation in Ancient Mesopotamia: An Architectural and Mortuary Analysis of Ur in the Early Second Millennium B.C. | 1990 | Luby, E. | (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:215 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:64 Page:215 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur_Notes_v2_p324 | Ur_Notes_v2_p324 | (none) |
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Context
Excavation Context: Ur >> Mausoleum Site | BC >> House 30/D >> LG/164 | BCG/9