Sealing

33-35-401

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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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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