Stamp Seal

31-43-2

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 31-43-2
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Ur
Archaeology Area A.H, house 3; UE IV: Found in a late house (Site AH).
Locus A.H., house 3, museum tablet room | UE X: AH. Larsa House 3, tablet room
Period Archaic
Section Near Eastern
Materials Marble (Stone)
Iconography Animals
Description

UE IV: Stamp seal, of banded black and white marble, circular with convex top, bored through its diameter. Design, worked mostly with the drill-point, almost entirely perished.

UE X: animal figures (?) dots, and lines. Grey and white marble, flat seal with convex back.

Width 3.9 cm
Depth 1.5 cm
Credit Line British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1931
Other Number U.16408 - Field No SF | UE X: 7 - Other Number

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