Cylinder Seal

Object Number:

30-12-18

Current Location:

Collections storage

Provenience:

Iraq
Ur

Locus:

Pd. Rubbish in filling of Gigunu.

Section:

Near Eastern

Materials:

Jadeite

Iconography:

Antelope

Description:

CBS Register. U.12795. Cylinder Seal. Jadeite. Antelopes passant. herds. UE X: U.12795a. antelopes grazing. each body has two heads, one bent, one erect, meaning a pair of animals, and explaining the sign for "two" placed above their backs. Jadeite cylinder.

Length:

2cm

Width:

2.3cm

Credit Line:

Joint British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq

Other Number:

U.12795	-	Field No SF
U.12795a	-	Field No SF
UE X: 72	-	Other Number
B17737	-	Old Museum Number

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Tokens to Tablets: Glimpses into 6000 Years of the History of the Ancient Near East (14 Nov 1987 - Aug 2006)

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