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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 6109 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Lion's muzzle. Drab stone. Fragment. B. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6110 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet. Minute frog. Frit. Head missing. E. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6111 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay pig. Drab. Hollow inside. Half of body missing. Incised lines on body. B. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6112A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-I] 9 clay loom weights. 8 drab, 1 red. Type V. |
| 6113 | (none) | (none) | B16224 | Round stone lid. Green. Chipped. E. [drawing] |
| 6114 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay pot. Drab. Type [XII without moulding crossed out] 677. |
| 6115 | (none) | (none) | B16571.151 | Red clay bowl. Ribbed. Misshapen. Type CXXI approximately =RC.3 variant | |
| 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. |
| 6117 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Flat clay bowl. Drab. Type variant. Not typed. |
| 6118 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay pot. Drab. Ring base. Type CCXX, =XX, =RC.226, =L |
| 6119 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Miniature clay boat. Baked. Drab. Handmade. B. |
| 6120 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Rectangular trough. Baked clay. Drab. Sides sloping outwards. End broken. |
| 6121 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Baked clay figurine. Drab. Broken below knees. Face partly obliterated. Nude female, full face, hands clasped below breast and wearing double necklace, hair done up in knot at sides. B. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6122 | (none) | (none) | B16282 | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Broken at one end, subject mostly obliterated. | |
| 6124 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gaming board. Fragmentary. Greyish red clay. Specially constructed for game and not as usual incised on ordinary building brick after baking. Dimension of squares 20mm by 20mm. E. [drawing] |
| 6128A | (none) | (none) | B16362 | [A-K] 11 small shells. E. | |
| 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. |
| 6130 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black diorite. Incompletely pierced. Spread eagle siezing two lions. B. |
| 6132 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Worshipping tree of life? B. |
| 6133 | (none) | (none) | B16294 | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Upper and lower band showing gazelles passing sacred tree. About 3000 BC. E. | |
| 6134 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Pink marble. Upper band, nine men, below animals and sacred tree. Bulls. Lion. Eagle. About BC 3000, B |
| 6135 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze adze head. B. [drawing 1:4] |
| 6136 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Nannar, minor god, grotesque figure and votary and Nergal weapon. B. |
| 6138 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Lamp holder? White shell. Shell shaped with curved handle. B. |
| 6139 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bedstead? Miniature. Reddish clay. 3 feet broken. 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