| Object Number | 35-1-22 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Sargonid |
| Provenience | Iraq | Ur |
| Archaeology Area | PJ, G104- Sargonid grave |
| Period | Akkadian |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Jadeite | Copper (uncertain) | Bronze (uncertain) |
| Iconography | Hero |
| Description | Jadeite. two copper?/bronze? caps in bitumen. Ur-mah dim. Solar heroes. UE X: a contest of solar heroes. One is defeated and looses his crown, even when armed with a club or axe. Both wear the same horned mitre, hair doubled up, beard, and loin-cloth. A human context, where the bare-headed hero has caught his enemy with the pointed cap by the beard and pulls his head back ready to cut his throat. Between them a woman fallen to her knees, raises a threatening dagger towards the villain, who apparently held her bound by a rope. Seal of Ur-mah, dim: the architect. Below the inscription is a doe passant with head turned back. Green steatite cylinder with copper caps. |
| Length | 3.2 cm |
| Width | 1.5 cm |
| Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1935 |
| Other Number | U.18919 - Field No SF | UE X: 244 - Other Number |
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