Sealing
| Object Number: | 31-16-677 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Iraq Ur |
| Archaeology Area: | UE III: SIS I. Pottery rubbish and ash filling against inner face of inner wall. SE end of Temenos, c. 50 cm below level of foundation |
| Period: | Early Dynastic IIIB |
| Date Made: | 2500-2340 BCE |
| Early Date: | -2500 |
| Late Date: | -2340 |
| Section: | Near Eastern |
| Materials: | Terracotta |
| Inscription Language: | Sumerian Language |
| Length: | 9.5 cm |
| Width: | 6.5 cm |
| Thickness: | 4 cm |
| Credit Line: | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1931 |
| Other Number: | U.13607 - Field No SF UE III: 518 - Other Number B19085 - Old Museum Number P247684 - CDLI Number |
Description
CBS Register: fragment of clay jar stopper with seal impressions. Hero hunter, lion, crescent. Seal of Mes-an-nipadda, lugal Kiski, dam-nu-gig.
UE III: Gilgamish and the bull between two lions rampant, one of which bites him in the shoulder. on either side of the group Enkidu and the hunter-hero armed with a dagger. The latter wears a long beard and a head-dress in the Kish style. Below the cartouche a human Swastika is made of four runners with long hair and beard, armed with dagger and catching each other's foot. This is the seal of mes-an-ni-pad-da lugal kis dam-nu-gig.
Clay sealing found in Seal Impression Strata 1-2. The sealing depicts a combact scene and is inscribed with the name of the founder of the First Dynasty of Ur, Mesannepada.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Iraq's Ancient Past: Rediscovering Ur's Royal Cemetery ( Oct 2009 - Jan 2017) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Catalogue] Horne, Lee C., and Zettler, Richard L. 1998. Treasures from the Royal Tombs of Ur.. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Page 76/Figure 44 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [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 Citation | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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