Sealing

31-16-640

Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 31-16-640
Current Location Middle East Galleries - On Display
Provenience Iraq | Ur
Archaeology Area Pit D, SIS 4, Under PG. 1332 (S.E. end) m 9-10
Period Early Dynastic I | Early Dynastic II
Date Made 2900-2700 BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Terracotta
Description

CBS Register: fragment of clay jar stopper with seal impressions. traces of strings inside. geometrical pattern.

UE III: pictographic inscription. The edinnu, the cross divided into four quarters and surrounded by a star, a lozenge, a curved club, an arrow (?). The pictographs of Larsa and of the city of the spread eagle.

Credit Line British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1931
Other Number U.14594 - Field No SF | UE III: 417 - Other Number | B19048 - Old Museum Number | P338142 - CDLI Number

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