Sealing

33-35-484

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 33-35-484
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Ur
Archaeology Area ZT. Archaic I. Room SW 2.
Section Near Eastern
Materials Terracotta
Description

UE III: ritual scene. Throne, shrine door, altar on which are placed offerings. A nude priest is apparently pouring a libation. A second nude servant - a woman - prays with both hands up. Clay sealing. Baked and shellacked post-excavation. Fragment with 1st dynasty type impressions showing human figures and animals.

Credit Line British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1933
Other Number U.18553 - Field No SF | UE III: 547 - Other Number | 715 - Other Number

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