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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 6203 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Whetstone. Black. E. [drawing] |
| 6010 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Weight? Ovoid, flattened on one side, of grey pebble. Type I. |
| 6125 | (none) | 1927,0527.64 | (none) | Weight? Black stone. Oblong. Hole at top for stringing E. Type II. |
| 6011 | (none) | 1927,0527.54 | (none) | Weight? Black diorite egg-shaped with sharply pointed end. Type I? [drawing 1:1] |
| 6144 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Weight. Possibly for loom or rope making U.6144. Stone. Drab. Oblong shape and holes pierced at one end. E. Type II? [drawing] |
| 6062 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Weight. Green stone. Cylinder shaped Flat base. E. Type I. [drawing 1:2] |
| 6103 | (none) | 1927,0527.52 | (none) | Weight. Black hematite. Wedge shaped. E. Fragmentary. Type V. |
| 6146 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Weight. Black hematite. Type? |
| 6514A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Weight. Black hematite. Cylinder shaped. Type III. |
| 6079 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Veined mace head. Serpentine? B. |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B16650.16 | unknown | |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B16246 | unknown | |
| 6281 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Unbaked clay tablet. Uninscribed, ready to receive inscription. Rectangular, oblong, one side slightly convex, one side flat. E. |
| 6155A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Two clay cones. Drab and unbaked. 2 large oblong cavities hollowed into sides possibly as grips? E. [drawing 1:2] |
| 6155B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Two clay cones. Drab and unbaked. 2 large oblong cavities hollowed into sides possibly as grips? E. |
| 6233 | (none) | (none) | B16258 | Triumphant warrior wearing loin cloth and wielding curved club in right hand treads on defeated enemy with left foot and holds shield and spears in his left hand. Head bearded. E. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 6540 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tool. Stone. Black. Oval shaped. Tapering neck. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6419 | (none) | (none) | B16276 | Terracotta pig? E. [height measurement is preceded by head to ears unclear if the measurement is meant to relate to the note] [drawing 1:1] | |
| 6544 | (none) | 1927,0527.247 | (none) | Terracotta pig. E. | |
| 6528 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta mask - male. Fragmentary. Back of head left ear lost. Ear, nose and outline of face very pronounced giving impression of caricature. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6267 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta fragment. Nude female carrying a vase in what is probably a wicker basket? [drawing 1:1] |
| 6263 | (none) | 1927,0527.231 | (none) | Terracotta fragment. Bearded male figure. Hands clasped in front of breast, braided hair, flounced cloak running over left shoulder. Eyes, mouth, ears, nose pronounced. E. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 6262 | (none) | (none) | B16263 | Terracotta fragment. Bearded male figure. Hands clasped below breast. Flowing headdress running down at back. Lower half of body lost. Traces of garment round waist. E. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 6264 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Upper half of figure lost. Flounced right-hand outstretched hanging down along side body remains of foot. B. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6231 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Upper half lost. Lower half of nude female wearing loin cloth on right small altar with horns? B. |
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ur Excavations VI; The Ur III Period | Ur Excavations VI; The Ur III Period | 1974 | Woolley, Leonard | (none) |
| U6257 Catalog Card | U6257 Catalog Card | 1926 | Woolley et al | (none) | |
| UPM Field Photo numbers | UPM Field Photo numbers | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| Ur Excavations IV; The Early Periods | Ur Excavations IV; The Early Periods | 1955 | Woolley, L. | (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