British Museum
Museum in London, UK. Co-sponsor of the expedition to Ur.
Museum founded in 1753 in London, UK, the first national public museum in the world. Opened to the public in 1759. Entry was free and given to ‘all studious and curious Persons’. The collections represent cultures from around the world. A pioneer of Mesopotamian archaeology. The museum is a public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. http://www.britishmuseum.org/
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 481A | (none) | 1923,1110.138 | (none) | Bronze bowl. Plain. U.475 and U.476 are lying in this and fastened to it by corrosion.[drawing] | |
| 483 | (none) | 1923,1110.139 | (none) | Five bronze rings (bracelets?) Heads plain or thus [drawing]. Interlocked and corroded together and on to nos U.477, U.478 and U.479 | |
 | 484 | (none) | 1935,0113.398 | (none) | Fragments. Fastened together by corrosion of silver and bronze rings: on one of the latter (an earring) a carnelian is threaded. |
| 491 | (none) | 1923,1110.197 | (none) | Amethystine quartz seal. Pointed on top, like U.486, Subject, sphinx couchant.[drawing] |
| 492 | (none) | 1923,1110.198 | (none) | Agate seal. Oval topped. Subject, sphinx. [drawing] |
| 494 | (none) | 1923,1110.196 | (none) | Lapis lazuli seal. Scaraboid. Subject [drawing] |
| 500C | (none) | 1923,1110.176 | (none) | A quantity of beads in different varieties of stone and of different shapes, all found together and in confusion (see notes) with U.456 and other metal objects now restrung and composed into the following strins:- (1260 beads in all) - (A) 44 carnelian beads [drawing], 10 malachite beads, ball or scaraboid, and plain machite cylinder. (B) 36 beads, lentoids of banded agate, banded agate discoids, and small cat's eyes. (C) 60 carnelian [drawing], 8 banded agate lentoids, 4 large ovoids, flat, of chalcedony, amethystine quartz and agate. (D) 90 carnelian spheroids, 12 banded agate lentoids, discoids and lentoids of amethystine quartz and malachite, large, 6 in all. (E) 24 carnelian bugles or barrels, 30 carnelian [drawing], 2 ditto discoids, flat, 2 oblong agate plaques, and U.499 strung on as centerpiece. (F) 72 carnelian speroids and two double cat's eyes, strung as a double bracelet. (G) Amethyst, 24 [drawing], and 2 cylinders. (H) Carnelian: 44 lentoids, 1 bugle with separate caps, 1 bugle with acid whitened pattern and 2 pendants. (J) Carnelian: 12 scaraboids, 12 lentoids and 48 small spheroids (K) Bone pendant, jasper cone-topped ovoid, spacers of chalcedony, carnelian, sardonyx, cat's eye, jadeite, lapis and banded agate and paste, 22 in all, 6 carnelian bugles and small carnelians, in all 206. (L) 38 carnelian spheroids of [drawing], 8 lentoids of banded agate, 1 ditto cylinder, 1 sardonyx cylinder, 8 ovoids flattened of chalcedony and agate and one imitation cat's eye in chalcedony and carnelian. (M) 108 spacers of carnelian [drawing], 35 agate lentoids, 1 large ball carnelian. (N) 90 carnelian spacers [drawing] or spheroid, 15 barrel or lentoids of banded agate or sardonyx, 2 agate cone-topped flat ovoids and 1 cat's eye disk (O) 20 lentoids or barrels of banded agate, 13 ditto ball beads and 2 humped-back ditto. (P) 67 carnelian beads [drawing] and 66 lapis lazuli beads of varying types. |
| 500F | (none) | 1923,1110.179 | (none) | A quantity of beads in different varieties of stone and of different shapes, all found together and in confusion (see notes) with U.456 and other metal objects now restrung and composed into the following strins:- (1260 beads in all) - (A) 44 carnelian beads [drawing], 10 malachite beads, ball or scaraboid, and plain machite cylinder. (B) 36 beads, lentoids of banded agate, banded agate discoids, and small cat's eyes. (C) 60 carnelian [drawing], 8 banded agate lentoids, 4 large ovoids, flat, of chalcedony, amethystine quartz and agate. (D) 90 carnelian spheroids, 12 banded agate lentoids, discoids and lentoids of amethystine quartz and malachite, large, 6 in all. (E) 24 carnelian bugles or barrels, 30 carnelian [drawing], 2 ditto discoids, flat, 2 oblong agate plaques, and U.499 strung on as centerpiece. (F) 72 carnelian spheroids and two double cat's eyes, strung as a double bracelet. (G) Amethyst, 24 [drawing], and 2 cylinders. (H) Carnelian: 44 lentoids, 1 bugle with separate caps, 1 bugle with acid whitened pattern and 2 pendants. (J) Carnelian: 12 scaraboids, 12 lentoids and 48 small spheroids (K) Bone pendant, jasper cone-topped ovoid, spacers of chalcedony, carnelian, sardonyx, cat's eye, jadeite, lapis and banded agate and paste, 22 in all, 6 carnelian bugles and small carnelians, in all 206. (L) 38 carnelian spheroids of [drawing], 8 lentoids of banded agate, 1 ditto cylinder, 1 sardonyx cylinder, 8 ovoids flattened of chalcedony and agate and one imitation cat's eye in chalcedony and carnelian. (M) 108 spacers of carnelian [drawing], 35 agate lentoids, 1 large ball carnelian. (N) 90 carnelian spacers [drawing] or spheroid, 15 barrel or lentoids of banded agate or sardonyx, 2 agate cone-topped flat ovoids and 1 cat's eye disk (O) 20 lentoids or barrels of banded agate, 13 ditto ball beads and 2 humped-back ditto. (P) 67 carnelian beads [drawing] and 66 lapis lazuli beads of varying types. |
| 500O | (none) | 1923,1110.175 | (none) | A quantity of beads in different varieties of stone and of different shapes, all found together and in confusion (see notes) with U.456 and other metal objects now restrung and composed into the following strins:- (1260 beads in all) - (A) 44 carnelian beads [drawing], 10 malachite beads, ball or scaraboid, and plain machite cylinder. (B) 36 beads, lentoids of banded agate, banded agate discoids, and small cat's eyes. (C) 60 carnelian [drawing], 8 banded agate lentoids, 4 large ovoids, flat, of chalcedony, amethystine quartz and agate. (D) 90 carnelian spheroids, 12 banded agate lentoids, discoids and lentoids of amethystine quartz and malachite, large, 6 in all. (E) 24 carnelian bugles or barrels, 30 carnelian [drawing], 2 ditto discoids, flat, 2 oblong agate plaques, and U.499 strung on as centerpiece. (F) 72 carnelian speroids and two double cat's eyes, strung as a double bracelet. (G) Amethyst, 24 [drawing], and 2 cylinders. (H) Carnelian: 44 lentoids, 1 bugle with separate caps, 1 bugle with acid whitened pattern and 2 pendants. (J) Carnelian: 12 scaraboids, 12 lentoids and 48 small spheroids (K) Bone pendant, jasper cone-topped ovoid, spacers of chalcedony, carnelian, sardonyx, cat's eye, jadeite, lapis and banded agate and paste, 22 in all, 6 carnelian bugles and small carnelians, in all 206. (L) 38 carnelian spheroids of [drawing], 8 lentoids of banded agate, 1 ditto cylinder, 1 sardonyx cylinder, 8 ovoids flattened of chalcedony and agate and one imitation cat's eye in chalcedony and carnelian. (M) 108 spacers of carnelian [drawing], 35 agate lentoids, 1 large ball carnelian. (N) 90 carnelian spacers [drawing] or spheroid, 15 barrel or lentoids of banded agate or sardonyx, 2 agate cone-topped flat ovoids and 1 cat's eye disk (O) 20 lentoids or barrels of banded agate, 13 ditto ball beads and 2 humped-back ditto. (P) 67 carnelian beads [drawing] and 66 lapis lazuli beads of varying types. |
| 503A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay pot. Pinkish-drab clay with drab engobbage: wheelmade. Type X. | |
| (none) | (none) | 1923,1110.199 | (none) | (none) |
| 523 | (none) | 1923,1110.36 | (none) | Fragment of obsidian vase. Inscribed with dedication(?)... of Ba(u). |
| 536 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Small fragment of tablet. Dated. | |
| 541A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-F] 6 fragments. Sumerian account tablets. See. U.387. Placed in cigarette tin. |
| 548 | (none) | 1923,1110.69 | (none) | Clay pot. Drab clay, wheelmade. Type XLII. | |
| 559A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl-fragments. Wheelmade, reddish clay. (below) Large example of Type XXII ornamented with three ridges, .015 apart, below the neck. | |
| 576 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay fragment. Seal impression with three-line inscription, standing figures either side. Seal of RU(?)-AB-KI-A-RA-? Son of Ibi-Sin, servant of AN-AN(MAR-TU). Duplicate of U.582. | |
| 577 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of jar or bottle sealing. Seal-impression showing portions of 4-line inscription. | |
| 578 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of Jar sealing. Stamped with a round seal, sowing winged composite figure. | |
| 579 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay fragment with seal impression. Showing misproportioned standing figure, and the legs of another figure advancing towards him. | |
| 580 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay fragment with seal impression. Showing a figure resembling Amurru and a standing figure behind. | |
| 581 | (none) | 1935,0113.746 | (none) | Clay fragment with seal impression. Standing divine figure with 3 line inscription Seal of -AB-BA son of EN-NA... priest of Nannar. |
| 582 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay fragment with seal impression showing portions of 3 line inscription, duplicate of U.576 and another impression with standing figure + 2 lines of a broken inscription. | |
| 583 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay fragment with seal impression showing part of a divine figure with left arm raised, right arm perhaps hanging down right side. | |
| 584 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay fragment with two impressions of a seal. Showing from left to right a goddess with both arms held up in adoration, and a figure like that of Amurru. |
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