Sealing

33-35-370

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 33-35-370
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Ur
Archaeology Area PG. Pit W. SIS 4-5
Section Near Eastern
Materials Terracotta
Description

UE III: nude hunter spearing with both hands a huge lion rampant which is attacking an antelope. The lion turns his head back towards the hunter. The antelope falls head first to the ground. Spread eagle (?), leaf, star flower, two detached legs. Clay sealing. Baked and shellacked post-excavation. Fragment impressed with designs of fighting animals.

Credit Line British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1933
Other Number U.18407 - Field No SF | UE III: 257 - Other Number | 812 - Other Number

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