6630
| Description (Catalog Card): | Cylinder seal. Pink steatite. Shamash rising from between two mountains, right hand on one mountain, top left hand supporting notched weapon. Two porters each opening gate, betweeen them high pedestal. 2500 BC? E.1 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | Early seal re-used and found in Neo-Babylonian grave S.4. KP. |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Steatite2 |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Diorite2 |
| U Number: | 6630 |
| Object Type: | Seals, Stamps, and Sealings >> Cylinder Seals |
| Museum: | University of Pennsylvania Museum |
| Season Number: | 04: 1925-1926 |
| Description (Modern): | Shamash rising between mountains, porters open gates. reused in Neo-Babylonian grave. CBS Register: cylinder seal. yellow diorite. Shamash rising between mountains. porters opening gates. BC2500. Found in Neo bab grave. UE X: two porters open the doors revealing Samas, stepping, sword in hand, over the mountains. A spear, point down, is planted in the field. Pink steatite cylinder. |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Stone >> Igneous >> Diorite |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Stone >> Metamorphic >> Greenstone >> Steatite |
| Museum Number (UPM B-number): | B16293 |
| Measurement (X): | 32 |
| Measurement (Y): | 20 |
| [1] Woolley's description |
| [2] Material as described by Woolley |
Files
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | NB/S4 | Neo Babylonian Grave S.4 | (none) |
- 1 Location
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Museum Photo Negatives | British Museum Photo Negatives | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| Field Photographs | Field Photographs | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| UPM Field Photo numbers | UPM Field Photo numbers | (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:33 Page:61 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:33 Page:61 | (none) |
- 5 Media