Body Fragments
This category includes sherds or shards without rims, bases, or handles.
This category includes sherds or shards without rims or bases. These usually have some decorative element, i.e. paint, glaze, incised decoration, additions, or a combination of more than one. Most plain sherds/shards were not collected.
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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 253 | (none) | 1923,1110.20 | (none) | Fragment of stone jar. Inscribed by Rimush of Agade. Placed in IN/No 1. |
| 254 | (none) | 1923,1110.27 | (none) | Fragment of alabaster jar. Inscribed. Dedicated to dDungi by his daughter ME-dEnlil. Copied and Translated. Placed in IN/No.1 |
| 255 | (none) | 1923,1110.23 | (none) | Alabaster fragment of jar. Inscribed. |
| 257 | (none) | 1923,1110.15 | (none) | Alabaster fragment of jar. Inscribed. Dedication by [crossed out] for (?) [annotated] Dungi. Part of same bowl as U.248. Joined to U.248 and 260. Copied and Transliterated Placed in IN/No. 1 |
| 258A | (none) | 1923,1110.24 | (none) | [A-B] Two alabaster jar fragments. Inscribed in a rude way with a primitive text. Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 258B | (none) | 1923,1110.24 | (none) | [A-B] Two alabaster jar fragments. Inscribed in a rude way with a primitive text. Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 281 | (none) | 1923,1110.33 | (none) | Fragment of stone vessel. Showing lip and five rows of depressions for inlay. Shaped [drawing of shape]. Inscribed ".....king of Ur." |
| 726 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of inscribed terracotta vessel. Trace of 9 lines, illegible. Placed in Packing Case D. |
| 749 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Small fragment of obsidian, with parts of signs from 2 lines. Illegible. |
| 1395 | (none) | 1924,0920.118 | (none) | Fragment. (probably a vase) Reddish clay. Incised female figure holding up hands, with neck and head of ostrich on right. Rudely drawn. |
| 1564 | (none) | 1924,0920.386 | (none) | Pottery fragment. Drab clay. Glazed with pattern on yellow ground of purplish-blue with white squares. This fragment resembles glazed ware found at Asshur and in Cyprus. [drawing 1:1] |
| 1582 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment. From large jar(?) Red clay. With part of scorpion (claws broken off) in high relief under rim. [drawing: not to scale] |
| 1583 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment. From jar or vase. Greenish drab clay. With part of scorpion(claws) in high relief under rim. [drawing: not to scale] |
| 2572 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Ring. Pottery: roughly joined. Depth 2m-5m. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2605 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery fragment. Buff clay, inscribed with couchant lion. [drawing 1:1] |
| 3345 | (none) | 1927,1003.142 | (none) | Pottery fragment. Incised diamond pattern on outside: on inside, jeweller's design with seated god and small figure before it. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6208 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Black burnished bowl. Clay fragments. ? New typed. |
| 6515 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Red clay bowl. Fragment. Stamped decoration below rim, triangles with invested bases above and concentric circles below. |
| 7096 | (none) | 1935,0113.753 | (none) | Clay bowl. Black. Burnished. Part of rim lost. Type CCLXIX. =L. | |
| 11687 | (none) | 1935,0113.631 | (none) | Clay Fragment. Geometrical design. | |
| 12774N.1 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Objects. (A) Bead, long, clay imitation of bead cut from shell core. (B) Clay bugle bead. (C) Shell bugle bead. (D) Clay spindle whorl. (E) Copper needle (broken). (F) Clay nail. (G) Fragment of clay sickle. (H) Penannular ring of shell. [I not assigned in group] (J) [J.1-.11] Chips, flint and obsidian, including one flint piercer. (K) [K.1-.2] Fragments of clay animal figurines. (L) Animal tooth. (M) Miniature pot of reddish clay, broken. (N) Pottery fragments. [N.1-.4] 4 small bits black design on white, characteristic TO [Tel Obaid]; [N.5-.6] 2 pieces, black band on drab, coarse ware; [N.7-.10] 4 pieces red bands on drab [N.11] 1 piece plain red wash(?); [N.12-.13] 2 pieces, design in red on light ground; [N.14-.15] 2 pieces, design in red and black on light ground : rows of triangles and bands; [N.16-.18] 3 pieces with transverse bands of erased slip decoration, light red on deeper red body. (O) [O.1] Cylindrical vase of light drab clay and [O.2] fragment of a second similar. (P) Clay jar sealing (?) with scratched design. (Q) Clay jar sealing with impression of seal cylinder : subject, bulls and square shrines. (R) Clay cup, reddish ware, wheelmade, normal type, broken and mended. (S) Clay jar sealing, fragment, with design of rows of animals. | |
| 12778G.1 | 31-17-352G | (none) | (none) | Group of objects: from PG/NW level; found between levels -760 and -800 below the planoconvex brick pavement (A) Clay animal figurine. (B) [.1-.6] Fragment of long clay beads imitating shell. (C) [.1-.9] A number of clay jar-sealing with seal impressions, all of one type, palmette enclosed (imperfect) [reference to drawing]. (see over [Annotated] Legrain 480 (D) An oval clay object. [Annotated] Legrain 481. (see over) [Drawing of impression] (E) Tubular ball (?) bead. (F) Copper needle. (G) [.1-.13] Various examples of pottery. [H] (also animal bones). -- The design on D and C is the same [drawing of design]. | |
| 12780A | (none) | (none) | (none) | A collection representing different strata underlying the graves etcetera in the PG cemetery area. |
| 13051A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group of objects. [A] (1) Painted potsherds. [B] (2) Animal bones . [C] (3) Fragment of limestone. [D] (4) Clay stopper for vase. Unbaked. |
| 13746 | 31-16-489 | (none) | (none) | Stone object. Obviously a fragment from a small shallow stone bowl (basic diorite?) rubbed down and pierced with holes. [drawing] |