Cast
Cylinder Seal Impression
87-28-8
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Ur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 87-28-8 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Iraq | Ur |
| Archaeology Area | PG 800 |
| Locus | grave PG 800 |
| Period | Early Dynastic IIIB |
| Date Made | ca. 2600-2450 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Plaster |
| Inscription Language | Sumerian Language |
| Description | from royal tombs, depicts "Shubad, the Lady." Publication described real seal, not just the cast: UE II: Cylinder seal, lapis lazuli. Inscription SUB-ad nin. Worn on the right arm. The two cuneiform signs that compose her name were initially read as "Shub-ad" in Sumerian. Today, however, we think they should be read in Akkadian as "Pu-abi." Cast of BM 121544 from the British Museum. |
| Credit Line | British Museum / University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1987 |
| Other Number | U.10939 - Field No SF | P247683 - CDLI Number |
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