Sealing
33-35-406
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Ur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 33-35-406 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Iraq | Ur |
| Archaeology Area | PG. Pit W. SIS 4-5 |
| Date Made | ca. 2900-2700 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Description | UE III: the hunter and the ibexes. His arms are the dagger and what is generally called a curved club but is more probably a reed shield. He wears a skirt of fleecy material. One ibex seems to have caught a foot in a snare, and its head is violently thrown back. Leaves and stones (?). 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: 287 - Other Number | 860 - Other Number |
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