7617
| Description (Catalog Card): | Cylinder seal. Marble. White. 4 bulls rampant of which 3 have human heads, bearded and horned. On either side a rampant lion. Grotesque figure with himan body, animal's head, (possibly a donkey's head??) conical headdress and pig tail? grasps one lion by the tail. c. 3000BC2 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | Acquired by purchase |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Shell3 |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Marble3 |
| Measurement (Catalog Card): | H. 33mm, D. 20mm |
| U Number: | 7617 |
| Object Type: | Seals, Stamps, and Sealings >> Cylinder Seals |
| Museum: | University of Pennsylvania Museum |
| Season Number: | 05: 1926-1927 |
| Description (Modern): | Cylinder seal. shell. crossed human headed bulls, Id with lion, bull and lion, hero with turban and loin cloth UE X: kish hero, lion, and bull. crossed bisons. Enkidu and the lion. White marble cylinder. |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Stone >> Metamorphic >> Marble |
| Material: | Organic Remains >> Shell |
| Museum Number (UPM B-number): | B16877 |
| Measurement (X): | 33 |
| Measurement (X): | 34 |
| Measurement (Y): | 20 |
| Measurement (Y): | 21 |
| [1] lion's tail |
| [2] Woolley's description |
| [3] Material as described by Woolley |
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ur Hinterland | This term describes the area around Ur. It includes the sites surrounding Ur from where objects were brought in by the workers. | (none) |
- 1 Location
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Ur Excavations X; Seal Cylinders | Ur Excavations X; Seal Cylinders | 1951 | Legrain, Leon, and Woolley, Leonard | (none) |
| Field Photographs | Field Photographs | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| British Museum Photo Negatives | British Museum Photo Negatives | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:35 Page:122 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:35 Page:122 | (none) |
- 4 Media