Cylinder Seal

32-40-333

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 32-40-333
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Ur
Archaeology Area PG 1932, upper level with rubbing stones close to a grave of a later (Larsa?) house period.
Section Near Eastern
Materials Limestone
Iconography Name | Inscription
Description

white, unpierced. columns of inscription, two names.

UE X: Stone cylinder, not pierced, bears only a name. Probably a memorial tag buried with the dead. Nu-ur-ku-bi, dumu Du(g)-ga-AN-u, and E-mu-ba-ni-it mar Nu-ur-ku-bi. Limestone cylinder.

Length 3.6 cm
Width 1 cm
Credit Line British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1932
Other Number U.17850 - Field No SF | UE X: 451 - Other Number

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