Object Number | 35-1-671 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Iraq | Ur |
Archaeology Area | PJ. Stratum SIS 4-5 |
Period | Early Dynastic I | Early Dynastic II |
Date Made | 2900-2700 BCE |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Terracotta |
Description | Clay sealing. Baked and shellacked post-excavation. Fragment with seal impressions. Accidentally burnt. UE III: a pictographic inscription which is almost a duplicate of the one above. The same cross sign divided into four quarters round a central circle, with the addition of two legs, two hands, and two stars. An elaborate UB sign with four horns on the four sides of a square divided into four main fields and four smaller ones. Pictographic signs of Ur (?), Kesh, and Adab. U.13943. |
Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1935 |
Other Number | U.20083 - Field No SF | UE III: 401 - Other Number | 421 - Other Number | P338200 - CDLI Number | UM 35-01-671 - Other Number |
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