| Object Number | 32-40-308 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Ur |
| Archaeology Area | Ziggurat NW 1931 under floor of Archaic I courtyard; UE IV: Ziggurat terrace, 1st Dynasty level | UE X: First Dynasty Court, NW of the ziggurat |
| Period | Archaic |
| Date Made | 3999-3000 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Calcite |
| Technique | Drilled |
| Iconography | Lion Head |
| Description | white. profile of lion's head with design drill cut on back. pierced. UE IV: one of two zoomorphic seals of white calcite (originally painted red) in the form of lion's heads; pierced for suspension; the under side crudely engraved (mostly with the drill-point) with animal figures. the other is in Baghdad, B.11109. UE X: dots and lines representing animals and jars (?) on the flat base of a seal carved in the likeness of a lion's head on the convex side. The semi-round relief is pierced vertically. White calcite seal originally painted red. |
| Length | 4.5 cm |
| Width | 3.5 cm |
| Depth | 1.4 cm |
| Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1932 |
| Other Number | U.17835a - Field No SF | UE X: 22 - Other Number |
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