Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Shell cylinder seal. The scene represents an introduction. Two divinities are seated pouring out a libation. A man holding up his hands and another holding the branch of a tree.'
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Author: maa

Context (Analysis)
Horace Beck's card for this seal (No. 273) notes that 'the style of the heads shows that the seal is probably of the third dynasty of Ur.' Beck gives that date as 2250-2150 BC, but the subsequent museum catalogue card gives the date as 2278-2170 BC.
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Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Joint Expedition of the British Museum and the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania (1922-1934), excavated by Leonard Woolley.
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Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten tag affixed by string reads: 'UR 3rd Dynasty'
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Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Acquisition Details)
Collected by Horace Beck and donated by his widow, Gundred Beck, in 1947. See Horace Beck’s handwritten catalogue, classified by region (WO1/1/2).  
Event Date 1947
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1947.2107 A: 'Shell cylinder. Scene represents an introduction. Two divinities seated, pouring out a libation. A man holding up his hands, another holding the branch of a tree.'
Event Date 1947
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Shell cylinder seal made from a bivalve shell, probably Tridacna maxima. Perforated longitudinally for suspension. The scene represents an introduction: two divinities are seated pouring out a libation, a man holding up his hands and another holding the branch of a tree.
Event Date 30/11/2017
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Analysis)
Dr Kat Szabo, University of Wollongong, examined this seal in November 2017 using a DinoLite Edge and determined that it is made from a bivalve, likely Tridacna maxima. The seal would have been cut from the hinge area.
Event Date 6/11/2017
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)