Description (Catalog Card): Cylinder seal. Pale amethyst. Warrior in chariot shooting with bow and arrow: a fallen enemy beneath the horse's hooves. Poor cutting.1     
Find Context (Catalog Card): NNCF. NE. High up in house stratum, Neo-Babylonian - Persian.     
Material (Catalog Card): Amethyst2     
Measurement (Catalog Card): L. 23mm, D. 7mm     
U Number: 18155     
Object Type: Seals, Stamps, and Sealings >> Cylinder Seals      
Museum: University of Pennsylvania Museum      
Season Number: 10: 1931-1932      
Description (Modern): warrior in chariot shooting with bow and arrow, fallen enemy. UE X: Assyrian chariot with archer in action and driver. The horses gallop over dead foes lying on the ground. The wheel shows only four spokes and a tyre. Crescent and star in the field. Amethyst cylinder.     
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Mineral >> Semi-precious >> Quartz >> Amethyst      
Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number): 32-40-327     
Measurement (X): 23     
Measurement (X): 23     
Measurement (Y): 7     
Measurement (Y): 8     
[1] Woolley's description
[2] Material as described by Woolley

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Location Context Title Context Description Description (Modern)
Northeast The northeast part of Nebuchadnezzar's Fort in the western angle of the Temenos (none)
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Media: 18155 | 32-40-327 Export: JSON - XML - CSV

Media Media Title Title Label Author Omeka Label
Field Photographs Field Photographs (none) (none) (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:71 Page:150 Card -- BM ID:194 Box:71 Page:150 (none)
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