20083A | 35-1-672
| Description (Catalog Card): | [A-AH] Seal impressions on mud jar sealings. All accidentally burnt and all fragmentary.2 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | PJ SIS 4, SIS4-5 |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Clay3 |
| U Number: | 20083A1 |
| Museum: | University of Pennsylvania Museum |
| Object Type: | Seals, Stamps, and Sealings >> Seal Impression |
| Season Number: | 12: 1933-1934 |
| Description (Modern): | Matthews (1993) p. 63 no. 12 'U14618a, BM 1930.12.13.399. U20083 (x 26); for museum numbers see list below. UE 3:454. SIS4-5. Complete impression surviving. H 4.3. L 9.1. Relatively freely arranged symbols: ?DU3, U4 UNUG (Larsa), dinnu, pots, ?URI3+AB (Ur), unusual form of leg cross, UB. U20083, UM 35.1.672. Sealing 9.4 x 5.1 x g 3.6. Four rollings. Smooth peg. Five rows of string, sd di, 0.3, sg di. 0.5, TP 1.0, im SSD: Z. Coarse base from uneven wall pr surface. Functional type: door peg.' UE 3 p. 41 no. 454 'The edinnu motive and the swastika formed of four bull legs. Fishes swim between wavy lines in the edinnu. The swastika is surrounded by pictographs distributed in the four quarters: the abode of the quiver, a second abode between jars of two types, the UB sign between jars, the rising sun and an uncertain sign. U. 14618. SIS 4. U. 20083 (27 fragments). H. 36 mm. Pl. 56.' UPenn db: 'UE III: the edinnu motive and the swastika formed of four bull legs. Fishes swim between wavy lines in the edinnu. The swastika is surrounded by pictographs distributed in the four quarters: the abode of the quiver, a second abode between jars of two types, the UB sign between jars, the rising sun and an uncertain sign. 27 fragments.' |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Unfired |
| Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number): | 35-1-672 |
| Notes: | This seal impression has been partially destroyed. This is according to a letter dated 5 May 1966 From R.R.B Kearton to R.H. Dyson, Jr. regarding damage due to storage under the auditorium in humid and inadequate conditions. |
| [1] U number subdivided based on number of objects listed on Catalog Card. U number divided because object is divided in museum. |
| [2] Woolley's description |
| [3] Material as described by Woolley |
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | SIS 4-5 | (none) | (none) |
- 1 Location
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cities, Seals, and Writing: Archaic Seal Impressions from Jemdet Nasr and Ur | Cities, Seals, and Writing: Archaic Seal Impressions from Jemdet Nasr and Ur | 1993 | Matthews, R. J. | (none) |
| Ur Excavations III: Archaic Seal-Impressions | Ur Excavations III: Archaic Seal-Impressions | 1936 | Legrain, Leon, and Woolley, Leonard | (none) |
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:76 Page:324 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:76 Page:324 | (none) |
- 3 Media
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Publication Context: Ur >> Royal Cemetery | PG >> Seal Impression Strata | SIS >> SIS 4-5