18413B | 33-35-415
| Description (Catalog Card): | Clay jar sealings. Fragment of unclassified designs, mostly with men and animals.1 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | PG Pit W SIS IV-V |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Clay3 |
| U Number: | 18413B |
| Museum: | University of Pennsylvania Museum |
| Object Type: | Seals, Stamps, and Sealings >> Seal Impression |
| Season Number: | 11: 1932-1933 |
| Description (Modern): | Matthews (1993) p. 67 no. 39, 39a: 'U14775, BM 1930.12.13.424. U14825, BM 1920.12.13.434. U14882, BM. U18413a, UM 33.35.415. U18413b, UM 33.35.408. UE 3:281. Moorey 593. All SIS4. H 2.8, L 5.65. Complete impression surviving. One register of motifs: lizard, ?AN, ?scorpion, six-pointed UB, man. U18413a. Sealing 5.2 x 4.4 x 2.4. Two rollings and two stamp impressions. Part of peg impression and unclear thong. Level base. Functional type: door peg.' UE 3 p. 29 no. 281 'A nude man, his hands held up, fighting huge lizards. Net, scorpion, leaves, star flowers, and perhaps a panelled construction. Eight-petalled rosette on the butt-end of the cylinder, d. 15 mm. U. 14775, U. 14825. SIS 4. Pl. 47. (P. CBS. 31.16.671.) U. 18402, U. 18413. Pit W. SIS 4-5.' UPenn db 'UE III: a nude man, his hands held up, fighting huge lizards. Net, scorpion, leaves, star flowers, and perhaps a panelled construction. Eight-petalled rosette on the butt-end of the cylinder, d. 15 mm.' |
| Description (Modern): | 42 fragments were accounted for as of Dec. 1989. [Note on typed transcript] This seal impression has been partially destroyed. There were 2 fragments and 1 was completely 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.2 |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Unfired |
| Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number): | 33-35-415 |
| [1] Woolley's description |
| [2] Modern description |
| [3] Material as described by Woolley |
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | SIS 4-5 | (none) | (none) |
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| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:72 Page:206 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:72 Page:206 | (none) | |
| Ur Excavations III: Archaic Seal-Impressions | Ur Excavations III: Archaic Seal-Impressions | 1936 | Legrain, Leon, and Woolley, Leonard | (none) |
| 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) |
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Publication Context: Ur >> Royal Cemetery | PG >> Seal Impression Strata | SIS >> SIS 4-5