Sealing

35-1-671

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 35-1-671
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: a pictographic inscription which is almost a duplicate of the one above. The same cross sign divided into four quarters round a central circle, with the addition of two legs, two hands, and two stars. An elaborate UB sign with four horns on the four sides of a square divided into four main fields and four smaller ones. Pictographic signs of Ur (?), Kesh, and Adab. U.13943.

Credit Line British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1935
Other Number U.20083 - Field No SF | UE III: 401 - Other Number | 421 - Other Number | P338200 - CDLI Number | UM 35-01-671 - Other Number

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