Cylinder Seal
B16727
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Ur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B16727 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Iraq | Ur |
| Archaeology Area | PG 800 |
| Period | Early Dynastic IIIB |
| Date Made | 2500-2340 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Lapis Lazuli |
| Description | CBS Register: VI Season. Lapis cylinder seal of A bar gi. found against the wooden chest in the grave of Queen Shubad (Puabi). UE II: Cylinder seal, lapis-lazuli. Inscription A-BAR-GI. Found with beads and other small objects against the end of the "wardrobe" box. Woolley reported that this double-register banquet scene was found against the end of the “wardrobe box” in the fill above the floor. This cylinder seals differs from B16728 in two aspects: here both male and female participants are depicted, and there is no musical performance. A personal name read in Sumerian as A-bara-ge is inscribed in three vertically arranged cuneiform signs to the side of the scene in the upper register. |
| Length | 4.2 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 2.6 cm |
| Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1928 |
| Other Number | U.10448a - Field No SF | P270168 - CDLI Number |
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