| Object Number | 31-16-674 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Ur |
| Archaeology Area | SIS 4 (?) |
| Period | Early Dynastic I | Early Dynastic II |
| Date Made | 2900-2700 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Description | CBS Register: U.12972 has the first three crossed out in pencil for a 3. fragment of clay jar stopper with seal impressions. Geometrical Pattern. UE III: Pictographic inscription. sign of the cross divided into four quarters round a central circle. UB sign surrounded by fishes (?) or leaves, rising sun. The abode with the double side buckle. A second abode sign - AB - between squatting monkeys (?). A large panelled gate with side buckles between two stars, a pictograph which cannot mean Babylon - ka dingir - at such an early date. Instead of a gate we have perhaps a loom. An eight-petalled rosette on the butt-end of the cylinder, d. 20 mm. |
| Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1931 |
| Other Number | U.13972 - Field No SF | UE III: 404 - Other Number | B19082 - Old Museum Number | P338185 - CDLI Number |
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