17649 | 1932,1008.178 - UrOnline

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

Description (Catalog Card):	Stamp seal. Grey steatite. Circular with ribbed loop handle Mohenjodaro type with characteric Indian bull and inscription of 4 characters. [drawing]¹
Find Context (Catalog Card):	PG 1848. Found in PG 1931 area at 4.5m from west corner of the Bur Sin NW annex of BC and 2.5m below the level of the offset in the Bur Sin wall loose in rubbish.
Material (Catalog Card):	Steatite²
Measurement (Catalog Card):	H. 15mm, D. 33mm

U Number:	17649
Museum:	British Museum
Object Type:	Seals, Stamps, and Sealings >> Stamp Seals
Season Number:	10: 1931-1932
Description (Modern):	Seal
Material:	Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Stone >> Metamorphic >> Greenstone >> Steatite
Material:	Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Unfired
Museum Number (BM Big Number):	123208
Museum Number (BM Registration Number):	1932,1008.178³
Measurement (Height):	15⁴
Measurement (Width):	33⁴

[1] Woolley's description

[2] Material as described by Woolley

[3] Data collected by British Museum research team.

[4] Barrett. 1976. Near East Section, Ur, Inscribed Objects

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Location	Context Title	Context Description	Description (Modern)
	PG/1848	(none)	(none)

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Media: 17649 | 1932,1008.178 Export: JSON - XML - CSV

Media	Media Title	Title	Label	Author	Omeka Label
	Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery	Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery	1934	Woolley, Leonard	(none)
	Provisional Field Photo Album	Provisional Field Photo Album	(none)	(none)	(none)
	Woolley's Catalog Cards	Woolley's Catalog Cards	Card -- BM ID:194 Box:69 Page:49	Card -- BM ID:194 Box:69 Page:49	(none)

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Ur >> Royal Cemetery | PG >> Private Graves 1801-1850 >> PG/1848

References

Woolley, Leonard. (1934) Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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