9187
| Description (Catalog Card): | Cylinder seal White shell Burnt and reduced to lime. Scene: fighting men and animals.1 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | TTG from a ruined grave: at U9177-9 |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Magnesite2 |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Shell2 |
| Measurement (Catalog Card): | L 0037 |
| U Number: | 9187 |
| Object Type: | Seals, Stamps, and Sealings >> Cylinder Seals |
| Museum: | University of Pennsylvania Museum |
| Season Number: | 05: 1926-1927 |
| Description (Modern): | Cylinder seal. magnesite (?) crossed lions, human headed bulls, Gilgamesh, 1 hunter UE X: nude hunters, bearded bisons, lions, and bulls. shell cylinder. |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Mineral >> Magnesite |
| Material: | Organic Remains >> Shell |
| Museum Number (UPM B-number): | B16871 |
| Measurement (X): | 38 |
| Measurement (Y): | 29 |
| [1] Woolley's description |
| [2] Material as described by Woolley |
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
| TTG | TTG is shorthand for Trial Trench G, the second extension of TTE, actually extending TTF and obliterating TTA. Like the other trenches in the Royal Cemetery it was never mapped and does not appear on an aerial photograph. The trench was dug on the same lines as TTF, essentially extending its width to the northwest. The first grave to be numbered in this trench was PG355, but the sequence from this point up to PG580 is shared among the three trenches. This trial trench and TTF may have been about 5 meters wide, somewhat wider than other trial trenches as Woolley continued to expand, though there is no proof of this other than a slight indication on the 1930 aerial photograph. Excavation while the three trenches were open would have resembled a wide stair case, with TTE being the lowest in the southeast, TTF somewhat higher to the northwest, and TTG higher still. By the end of the season, all three trenches had reached at least 5 meters depth, though TTE had reached 9 meters. The northwest portion of the cemetery did not produce as many graves as the southeast and Woolley extended excavations in the following season over a large area southeast of TTE, beginning with PG580. He also began to map individual graves in the overall area at this point. | (none) |
- 1 Location
| 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) |
| 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:41 Page:89 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:41 Page:89 | (none) |
- 4 Media
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Context
Ur >> Royal Cemetery | PG >> TTG
References
Woolley, Leonard. (1934) Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery, Oxford: Oxford University Press.