Sealing

33-35-424

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 33-35-424
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Ur
Archaeology Area PG. Pit W. SIS 4-5
Section Near Eastern
Materials Terracotta
Description

UE III: probably a fragment of the same scene. (large reed hut and ritual dance. the hut is arched over, covering with reed matting, and has side buckles. The dancers raise hands and feet in cadence) A scorpion on the butt-end of the cylinder, d. 27 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: 376 - Other Number | 909 - Other Number

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