Object Number | 33-35-261 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Iraq | Ur |
Archaeology Area | ZT. Archaic I. low down in the filling of Room GG |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Terracotta |
Description | UE III: a tall nude man stands alone with one arm raised and one hand extended. Before him a net is spread above two groups of men and animals crossed and rampant. The two little men standing and kneeling, both with their hands up, seem to pray for mercy. Clay sealing. Baked and shellacked post-excavation. Found in ZT 1933 low down in filling of Room GG, Archaic I building. Standing figure? before small figure fallen backwards? Two dwarf-like figures in violent action in background. Guilloche above. Two rampant beasts heraldically crossed? behind. |
Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1933 |
Other Number | U.18311 - Field No SF | UE III: 549 - Other Number | 732 - Other Number |
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