Object Number | 33-35-415 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Iraq | Ur |
Archaeology Area | PG. Pit W. SIS 4-5 |
Period | Early Dynastic I | Early Dynastic II |
Date Made | 2900-2700 BCE |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Terracotta |
Description | UE III: a nude man, his hands held up, fighting huge lizards. Net, scorpion, leaves, star flowers, and perhaps a panelled construction. Eight-petalled rosette on the butt-end of the cylinder, d. 15 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.18413a - Field No SF | UE III: 281 - Other Number | 870 - Other Number | P338212 - CDLI Number | UM 33-35-415 - Other Number |
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