EH Site | EH
| Context Title: | EH Site | EH |
| Context Name (Excavation): | E-Hur-Sag1 |
| Context Name (Publication): | EH Site |
| Context Description: | Area EH is located within the Neo-Babylonian temenos wall south of the giparu. There are many other area designations given to parts of this space (such as DP and LR), but EH overall refers to the interior extent of the SW temenos wall from the south corner almost to the Nebuchadnezzar gate and extending east to the line of Pit F. Walls in the area were scattered and difficult to follow, so Woolley established a grid covering at least 55x100 meters in 5x5 squares. The grid is not well documented but publication shows that Woolley began numbers to the east, increasing to the west, and letters to the south, increasing to the north; square 1,A therefore sits in the SE corner -- 11,T in the NW. The abbreviation EH stands for E-Hur-sag but the building of that name does not lie within this excavation zone. Woolley did not believe that the building to the east of this area (partially dug by H.R. Hall in 1919) was the e-hur-sag, the palace of Shulgi, despite bricks with the inscription of the building being found there. Instead he called that building Hall's Temple (HT) and sought the palace in many other places inside the temenos. He eventually conceded that HT was indeed the e-hur-sag and published EH without reference to the abbreviation's original meaning. The area Woolley called EH was the area Hall called the 'tomb mound' because it was relatively high ground in which he found a number of graves. Woolley showed that these were the remains of graves beneath the floors of houses dating from the Isin-Larsa to Kassite periods. EH in this time was likely an extension of the domestic area EM. In the Ur III period there appear to have been larger public buildings here, but their remains were spotty at best. Tablets from this area and area EM show that the residents of the domestic quarter in the Isin-Larsa/Old Babylonian period were likely temple workers. |
| Season Number: | 03: 1924-1925 |
| Season Number: | 04: 1925-1926 |
| [1] named for the ehursag but does not contain that building itself |
| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 6082 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay foundation cone. Chipped. King Ur-Nammu - E-temen-ni-il. |
| 6129 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay foundation cone. Fragmentary of Libit-Ishtar king of Isin. Foundation of an E-gig-par at Ur cf. Thur-dang SAKI p.205 and U.3251, U.3245, U.3109, U.4 and U.7. Inscription is complete on the head of the cone. |
| 6019 | (none) | (none) | B16231, B16231 | Clay foundation of Ur Nammu. Stem only. Chipped. Same inscription as U.2701, U.202. Records digging of a canal called Canal of Ur. P. Text: 9H(3) | |
| 6227 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay jug. Drab. Type LXIX variant. |
| 6111 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay pig. Drab. Hollow inside. Half of body missing. Incised lines on body. B. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6095 | (none) | 1927,0527.246 | (none) | Clay pig? Baked. Drab. E. | |
| 6116 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay pot. Drab. 2 grooves running round below neck shouldered. Ring base. Incised lines running round bottom half of pot and neck. Type XII. Nearest approximate. |
| 6118 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay pot. Drab. Ring base. Type CCXX, =XX, =RC.226, =L |
| 6143 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay pot. Drab. Type CLXXIII =P.132. In album [reference to drawing]. [drawing] |
| 6114 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay pot. Drab. Type [XII without moulding crossed out] 677. |
| 7141 | (none) | 1927,0527.265 | (none) | Clay sacrificial urn. Black painted decoration. Ribbed. Prehistoric. [A] Ox rib fragment found inside. E. |
| 7141A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay sacrificial urn. Black painted decoration. Ribbed. Prehistoric. [A] Ox rib fragment found inside. E. |
| 6077 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay statuette fragment. Drab head and neck only on flat fragmentary background grotesque face, head carved with long flowing wig. B. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6309 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet - Fragment unbaked. List of officials, among them (---) son of A-mu-ru. Time Ist Babylonian Dynasty. | |
| 6316 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet business. One angle broken off. From grace of Ibi-Nuishubur (time of Samsuiluna king of Ist Babylonian Dynasty). Detailed list of bricks manufactured (or laid) and names of the workmen. H.C. |
| 6319 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet- Letter. From grave of Ibi-Ninshubur. Time of Samsuiluna. |
| 6370 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. Account of gold, silver, copper, bronze. Dated: Year after Ibi-sin king of Urp made for Nannar, the throne of his divinity. H.C. Text: 9H(2) |
| 6317 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. Business. From grave of Ibi-Ninshubur. Time of Samsuiluna. Division of property between 5 brothers. |
| 6318 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. Letter. From grave of Ibi-Ninshubur. Time of Samsuiluna. |
| 6167 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. Receipt - Measures of barley to 3 persons: Erin-da-ni, Me-hu, En-gur-ra-ni About BC 2700 | |
| 6368 | (none) | 1948,0423.107 | (none) | Clay tablet. Receipt dated: for Ibisin king of Ur, Nannar the beloved of his heart has let the Euphrates rise. H.C. |
| 6375 | 47-29-60 | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. Receipt. Dated- Ibi-Sin king of Ur, (En)lil (king-) of the countries?. H.C. Text: 9H(2) |
| 6377 | 47-29-199 | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. Receipt. Dated: (Ibi-Sin) - Year when Susa? H.C. text: 9H(2) |
| 6374 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. Receipt. Dated: (Ibi-Sin) His splendor covers the land. H.C. Text: 9.h(2) |
| 6379 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. Receipt. Dated: (Ibi-Sin) When he made the throne of Enlil H.C. text: 9H(2) |
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UPM Field Photo numbers | UPM Field Photo numbers | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| U6257 Catalog Card | U6257 Catalog Card | 1926 | Woolley et al | (none) | |
| Ur Excavations IV; The Early Periods | Ur Excavations IV; The Early Periods | 1955 | Woolley, L. | (none) |
| Ur Excavations VI; The Ur III Period | Ur Excavations VI; The Ur III Period | 1974 | Woolley, Leonard | (none) |
| Ur Excavations VII; The Old Babylonian Period | Ur Excavations VII; The Old Babylonian Period | 1976 | Woolley, L. and M. Mallowan | (none) |
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Sibling Locations
AH Site | AH - City Wall | CLW - DP - Dublalmah | LL - Ehursag | HT - EM Site | EM - Enunmah | TTB | ES - ESB - FH - Giparu | KP - Great Nanna Courtyard | PD - Harbor Temple - House 34/1 - House 34/2 - House Site - Kassite Fort - KPS Site | KPS - LT - LW - Mausoleum Site | BC - Neo-Babylonian Housing | NH - NNCF - NTB - P/103 - Palace of Bel-Shalti-Nannar | AD - Pit F - Royal Cemetery | PG - SM - Temenos Wall | TW - TTC - XNCF - Ziggurat Terrace | ZT