8993
Description (Catalog Card): | Cylinder seal Dark greenish steatite. Very large with fine engraved scene: 3 human figures and 2 man-headed bulls crossed.2 |
Find Context (Catalog Card): | TTG PG 521 |
Material (Catalog Card): | Diorite3 |
Measurement (Catalog Card): | L 0041 diam 0028 |
U Number: | 8993 |
Object Type: | Seals, Stamps, and Sealings >> Cylinder Seals |
Museum: | University of Pennsylvania Museum |
Season Number: | 05: 1926-1927 |
Description (Modern): | Cylinder seal. diorite. concave. two crossed human headed bulls, nude Gilgamesh, figure with turban and loin cloth, Enkidu and door post. UE II: Cylinder seal, dark greenish steatite. |
Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Stone >> Igneous >> Diorite |
Museum Number (UPM B-number): | B16875 |
[1] on a spade-like object |
[2] Woolley's description |
[3] Material as described by Woolley |
Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
---|---|---|---|
PG/521 | (none) | (none) |
- 1 Location
Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
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Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery | Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery | 1934 | Woolley, Leonard | (none) | |
Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:40 Page:126 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:40 Page:126 | (none) | |
UPM Field Photo numbers | UPM Field Photo numbers | (none) | (none) | (none) |
- 3 Media
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Context
Ur >> Royal Cemetery | PG >> Private Graves 501-600 >> PG/521
References
Woolley, Leonard. (1934) Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery, Oxford: Oxford University Press.