Cylinder Seal

31-43-39

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 31-43-39
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Ur
Section Near Eastern
Materials Soapstone
Technique Inscribed
Iconography Name
Description

Broken, only a name. (Urd Sulpae dumu Ur-ri-ba-ab-du)

UE X: Stone cylinder, not pierced, bears only a name. Probably a memorial tag buried with the dead. Ur sul-pa-e, dumu Ur-ri-ba-ab-du. Steatite cylinder.

Length 2 cm
Width 0.8 cm
Credit Line British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1931
Other Number U.16022 - Field No SF | UE X: 454 - Other Number

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