IDNO

LS.75486.MCBUR

Description

Composite image for four photographs and ten drawing of six clay figurines of Ubaid I and II culture, a prehistoric period in Mesopotamia. [JD 22/01/2026]

Place

W Asia; Iraq; Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories; Jordan; Lebanon; Syria; Ur [Mesopotamia; Palestine]

Cultural Affliation

Ubaid

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Date

Collection Name

McBurney Collection

Source

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

LS.75484.MCBUR to LS.75517.MCBUR were found inside the wooden slide box now numbered C354/.

Publication: Same image on top left published in 'Mr. Woolley’s Report from Ur'. In Penn Museum Museum Bulletin 1930, and captioned: "Plate II — Prehistoric Terra-Cotta Figurines Ur of the Chaldees; Fourth Millennium B.C.
Museum Object Number: 31-16-733." [https://www.penn.museum/sites/bulletin/426/, JD 22/01/2026]