Sealing

33-35-408

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 33-35-408
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Ur
Archaeology Area PG. Pit W. SIS 4-5
Period Early Dynastic I | Early Dynastic II
Date Made 2900-2700 BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Terracotta
Description

UE III: a nude man, his hands held up, fighting huge lizards. Net, scorpion, leaves, star flowers, and perhaps a panelled construction. Eight-petalled rosette on the butt-end of the cylinder, d. 15 mm. Clay sealing. Baked and shellacked post-excavation. Fragment with unclassified designs showing mostly men and animals.

Credit Line British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1933
Other Number U.18413b - Field No SF | UE III: 281 - Other Number | 863 - Other Number | P338211 - CDLI Number | UM 33-35-408 - Other Number

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