Stamp Seal
31-43-7
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Diqdiqqeh
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 31-43-7 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Iraq | Diqdiqqeh |
| Archaeology Area | Diqdiqqeh |
| Date Made | ca. 2000-1595 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Marble (Stone) |
| Description | UE VII: trial piece; the lower parts of two standing nude male figures, this was brought in separately but was stated to have come from the same hoard of a working jeweller; U.16927A-G: A=BM122943, B=BM122942, C=BM1931-10-10, 232, D= BM1931-10-10, 232, E= no number given and F=31-43-178. Published as 31-43-7 UE X: the following figure is probably a trial piece, cut intaglio on a square of red limestone. It represents a rider, on a bull's back, sitting in profile with shoulders almost turned front. With one hand he holds the animal by the horns. The other hand carries a stick or whip. His knee is bent high as on some other examples of that early style of riding. Trial piece. Found with other objects belonging to a seal manufacturer. |
| Height | 0.6 cm |
| Length | 2.7 cm |
| Width | 2.6 cm |
| Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1931 |
| Other Number | U.16927g - Field No SF | UE X: 466 - Other Number |
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