Description (Catalog Card): Cylinder seal. Black steatite with silver caps. Subject Gilgamesh and Eabana fighting bulls. (N.B.) part of the linen thread was preserved in the hole)1     
Find Context (Catalog Card): TTE PG 33     
Material (Catalog Card): Steatite2     
Material (Catalog Card): Diorite2     
Measurement (Catalog Card): L 003     
U Number: 7989     
Object Type: Seals, Stamps, and Sealings >> Cylinder Seals      
Museum: University of Pennsylvania Museum      
Season Number: 05: 1926-1927      
Description (Modern): Cylinder seal. diorite. concave. Gilgamesh and human headed bull, tree, antelope? UE II: Cylinder seal, dark steatite. With silver caps. Part of the linen thread on which it had been strung was preserved in the hole.     
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Stone >> Igneous >> Diorite      
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Stone >> Metamorphic >> Greenstone >> Steatite      
Museum Number (UPM B-number): B16864     
Measurement (X): 30     
Measurement (Y): 21     
[1] Woolley's description
[2] Material as described by Woolley

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PG/33 (none) (none)
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Media Media Title Title Label Author Omeka Label
Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery 1934 Woolley, Leonard (none)
UPM Field Photo numbers UPM Field Photo numbers (none) (none) (none)
Woolley's Catalog Cards Woolley's Catalog Cards Card -- BM ID:194 Box:36 Page:224 Card -- BM ID:194 Box:36 Page:224 (none)
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