Object Number | 33-35-401 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Iraq | Ur |
Archaeology Area | PG. Pit W. SIS 4-5 |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Terracotta |
Description | UE III: same marital scene. An ithyphallic male seizes from behind a woman whom a second woman holds head down by the hair. The long hair of the women is conspicuous. All three seem nude. Curiously enough, female musicians above them play the harp and the cymbals. Jars and fish (?). Impression of the butt-end of a cylinder-seal bored through, d. 12 mm. Clay sealing. Baked and shellacked post-excavation. Fragment with unclassified designs, showing mostly men and animals. |
Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1933 |
Other Number | U.18413 - Field No SF | UE III: 369 - Other Number | 803 - Other Number |
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