Object Number | 35-1-687 |
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: the edinnu motive and the swastika formed of four bull legs. Fishes swim between wavy lines in the edinnu. The swastika is surrounded by pictographs distributed in the four quarters: the abode of the quiver, a second abode between jars of two types, the UB sign between jars, the rising sun and an uncertain sign. 27 fragments. |
Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1935 |
Other Number | U.20083o - Field No SF | UE III: 454 - Other Number | P338160 - CDLI Number | UM 35-01-687 - Other Number |
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