Sealing
33-35-339
Location: On Display in the Spy Planes
From: Iraq | Ur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 33-35-339 |
| Current Location | Spy Planes - On Display |
| Provenience | Iraq | Ur |
| Archaeology Area | PG. Pit W. SIS 4-5 |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Description | UE III: elaborate reed hut showing, besides the panelled door, more details of the arched roof made of bundles of reed-covered with reed matting. A spread eagle suggests a shrine, in front of which is deposited the hind quarter of a bull. A nude man, one hand up, is half kneeling before a second door. Behind him is seen a second animal quarter. Clay sealing. Baked and shellacked post-excavation. Fragment impressed with apparent milking scenes and round-topped huts. |
| Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1933 |
| Other Number | U.18404 - Field No SF | UE III: 350 - Other Number | 726 - Other Number |
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