Sealing

31-16-616

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 31-16-616
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Ur
Archaeology Area SIS 4
Section Near Eastern
Materials Terracotta
Iconography Human Figure
Description

CBS Register: fragment of clay jar stopper with seal impressions. Bringing offerings to seated figure. On incised pottery. Relief shows below.

UE III: banquet scene. Two figures, a nude man and a woman (?) are seated on low square stools, perhaps below a canopy, and attended by n ude servants. Each seems to hold a tumbler. In the field between are piled the offerings: fishes, loaves, round bread, a spouted jar with lid, and a second jar like a table of offerings set on the ground.

Credit Line British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1931
Other Number U.14000 - Field No SF | UE III: 381 - Other Number | B19024 - Old Museum Number | P270276 - CDLI Number

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