Sealing
33-35-293
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Ur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 33-35-293 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| 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: pictographic inscription in two registers. the upper may tentatively be read: mes-ud-en-lil utul (?): the shepherd; and the second beginning with the star and club: ruler of Ur, Adab, Larsa, and Kesh. Clay sealing. Baked and shellacked post-excavation. Fragment impressed with finely drawn linear design which contains possible hieroglyphis elements. |
| Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1933 |
| Other Number | U.18397 - Field No SF | UE III: 429 - Other Number | 919 - Other Number | P338129 - CDLI Number | UM 33-35-293 - Other Number |
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