Object Number | 31-16-682 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Iraq | Ur |
Archaeology Area | SIS 4, A |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Terracotta |
Description | CBS Register: fragment of clay jar stopper with seal impressions. eagle. animal's heads. UE III: a flying eagle (or vulture) carries in its beak a torn piece of flesh. The field is crowded with heads of animals: ass, bull, goat, antelope, ibex, and wild boar. Two nude men back to back, one upside down, form a curious group. Their legs are spread wide apart, each man catching with one hand one leg of the other man. Their four feet are pointing at the four corners of the horizon. Joined with 31-16-663 |
Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1931 |
Other Number | U.14789 - Field No SF | UE III: 274 - Other Number | B19090 - Old Museum Number | P270341 - CDLI Number |
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