Cylinder Seal

33-35-179

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 33-35-179
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Ur
Archaeology Area "Brought in from a site 'to the east'"
Period Early Dynastic
Section Near Eastern
Materials Steatite
Iconography Gazelle | Frog
Description

Early Dynastic "brocade" seal. black color. running gazelles and zigzags, frogs.

UE X: antelopes running, a frog, a bird (?), and curved markings in the field. a large design in Brocade style. Black steatite cylinder. Archaic.

[Behrens incorrectly publishes this number as Waradsin 3 brick]

Credit Line British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1933
Other Number U.18452 - Field No SF | UE X: 82 - Other Number

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