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Sealing

Object Number:31-16-643
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Iraq
Ur
Archaeology Area: Pit Z. at 12.1 metres, SIS 8
Period: Early Dynastic I
Early Dynastic II
Date Made: 2900-2700 BCE
Early Date: -2900
Late Date: -2700
Section:Near Eastern
Materials:Terracotta
Credit Line:British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1931
Other Number:U.14752 - Field No SF
UE III: 9 - Other Number
B19051 - Old Museum Number
P338244 - CDLI Number

Description

Clay with seal impressions; Geometrical Pattern (house with pointed roof and gateway).

CBS Register: fragment of clay jar stopper with seal impressions. geometrical pattern.

UE III: construction, panelled door, conical top, leaf or jar, framed in vertical lines. This is perhaps a fragment of a pictographic inscription

Bibliography:

[Article] Woolley, Charles L. 1930. "Excavations at Ur, 1929-30". The Museum Journal. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 21. no. 2. pg. 80-121 Actual CitationView Objects related to this Actual Citation

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