Stamp Seal

Amulet (uncertain)

33-35-164

From: Iraq | Ur | Diqdiqqeh

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 33-35-164
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Ur | Diqdiqqeh
Archaeology Area Diqdiqqeh
Section Near Eastern
Materials Steatite
Technique Engraved
Iconography Animal
Description

grey color . body of couchant animal, hind quarters complete but front leg only sketched. fairly high relief. stone rounded off at shoulder so that there never was a head, back is flat and bears two engraved signs.

UE IV: stamp seal, zoomorphic, of grey steatite; the seal is in the form of a couchant animal carved in fairly high relief; the hind quarters are complete, the fore quarters only lightly sketched, and there is no head; the rounding off of the stone at the shoulders shows that there was never a head. on the under side are two signs crudely engraved.

Length 2.8 cm
Width 1.7 cm
Credit Line British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1933
Other Number U.18341 - Field No SF

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