Sealing

35-1-695

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 35-1-695
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.20083w - Field No SF | UE III: 454 - Other Number | P338168 - CDLI Number | UM 35-01-695 - Other Number

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