18397C | 33-35-290

Technique:	Decoration >> Subtraction >> Impressed

Description (Catalog Card):	[A-H] Clay jar sealing. Fragments of impressed with finely drawn linear design which contains possible hieroglyphic elements.¹
Find Context (Catalog Card):	PG Pit W SIS IV-V
Material (Catalog Card):	Clay²

U Number:	18397C
Museum:	University of Pennsylvania Museum
Object Type:	Seals, Stamps, and Sealings >> Seal Impression
Season Number:	11: 1932-1933
Description (Modern):	Matthews (1993) p. 66 no. 35 'U18397 (x3). UM. UE 3:395. PG, Pit W, SIS4-5. H >3.7, L >7.5. Freely arranged symbols: ?UR2, U4, edinnu with animal heads, ? U18397, UM 33.35.290. Sealing 5.9 x 3.2 e X 1.8. One rolling and one stamp impression. Reverse broken. Functional type: ?' Matthews (1993) p. 66 no. 35a 'U18397, UM 33.35.290. Di. 2.0, circ. 6.3. Small part of rosette with border.' UE 3 p. 37 no. 395 'Alternate horns dividing the field into cases in which are single pictographs: crescents, legs, flowers (?), leaves. The horns connected with a rectangular blade resemble the pictographic signs ur, the razor, and kin, a planting tool. There is a four-petalled rosette on the butt- end of the cylinder, d. 20 mm. U. 18397. Pit W. SIS 4-5. Three fragments. Pl. 52.' UPenn db: 'UE III: alternate horns dividing the field into cases in which are single pictographs: crescents, legs, flowers (?), leaves. The horns connected with a rectangular blade resemble the pictorgraphic signs ur, the razor, and kin, a planting tool. There is a four-petalled rosette on the butt-end of the cylinder, d. 20 mm. Three fragments.'
Material:	Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Unfired
Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number):	33-35-290