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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6141 | (none) | (none) | B16415 | Bronze pin. E. [drawing] | |
 | 6142 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze pin. B. |
| 6143 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay pot. Drab. Type CLXXIII =P.132. In album [reference to drawing]. [drawing] |
| 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] |
| 6145 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze pin. [drawing 1:2] |
| 6146 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Weight. Black hematite. Type? |
| 6147 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay Brazier? Drab. Base concave, hole in middle, 4 holes round ?, 4 clay ribs running from middle hole 7 brazier per side. |
| 6148 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Duck weight. White shell. Type VI [drawing 1:1] |
| 6149 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Drab. Found with mud lid. Type XVI. |
| 6150 | (none) | (none) | B16643 | Clay vase. Drab. Type CCXIIL. | |
| 6152 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Drab. Type XX =RC.226 |
| 6153 | (none) | (none) | B16577 | Clay vase. Drab. Type [CCXIV crossed out] 586. | |
| 6154 | (none) | (none) | B16401 | Razor. Blade of copper. Handle of Wood. 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. |
| 6156 | (none) | (none) | B16211, B16211 | White alabaster bowl fragment. Incribed round belly. Part of ring base and belly alone remaining. Hole in in side close to ring base. Not required for Vols. IV, V, VI, VII. E. |
| 6158 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze (?) statue of King Dungi. Full face. King represented in the guise of a servant of the god carrying a basket held erect on his head with his two hands at the side of it. King is clean-shaven without headdress and bald. Traces of a garment of fine texture covering still remain. Broken waist round the front and sides of the body is an inscription in 6 columns running down to the egg shaped base. No legs or feet. Slim waist rounded breast perfectly symmetrical like the rest of the figure. Back hollowed and carefully modeled between arms and waist, Upper arms flattened, forearms rounded. Fringes disproportionately long. Forehead high, big eyes, thick nose with pronounced ridge, eyes, ears, mouth and chin sharply defined. Shrine of dDim-tab-ba cf. U.6301, U.6303. Text: Dim-tab-ba Temple (2) [drawing] |
| 6159 | (none) | (none) | B16411 | Bronze arrowhead. E. [drawing] | |
| 6160 | (none) | (none) | B16286, B16286 | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Not fully paved. Lion attacked by two men 2 lines of defaced inscription. About BC 2100. Required for Vol. VII written. | |
| 6163 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Drab. Vase numbers not to be published. Larsa. Type CCXVII =L. |
| 6165 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Broken at bottom. Minor god, votary and inscription. Worshipper led by hand unto a standing armed (?) god- crescent. Du-( ) son of Sag-da( ). About BC 2300. B. |
| 6166 | (none) | (none) | B16248 | Minute baked clay jar. In form of almond. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 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 | |
| 6168 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of baked clay bowl. Light drab. Upper portion only. Incised criss cross markings below rim, made out of wet clay. |
| 6170 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Baked clay boar. 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