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

Objects: EH Site | EH Export: JSON - XML - CSV

Object U Number Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) Museum Number (BM Registration Number) Museum Number (UPM B-number) Description (Catalog Card)
6254 (none) (none) (none) Backbone of fish? Fragmentary. E.
6255 (none) (none) B16306 Cylinder seal. Black hematite. Shamash with horned mitre and notched sword in hand steps on a crouching bull a worshipper brings a kid as an offering. The god Martu with a short club in hand, short garment and a round woolen turban is followed by a worshipper with clasped hands, and a servant. Two small figures - a bifrons with clasped hands and a nude servant with libation cone in hand. About BC 1900. E.
6256A (none) 1927,0527.46 (none) [A-F] 6 Cylindrical weights. Black haematite.Types III.
6256B (none) 1927,0527.48 (none) [A-F] 6 Cylindrical weights. Black haematite.Types III.
6256C (none) (none) (none) [A-F] 6 Cylindrical weights. Black haematite.Types III.
6256D (none) (none) (none) [A-F] 6 Cylindrical weights. Black haematite.Types III.
6256E (none) (none) (none) [A-F] 6 Cylindrical weights. Black haematite.Types III.
6256F (none) (none) (none) [A-F] 6 Cylindrical weights. Black haematite.Types III.
6257A (none) (none) B16365 [A-C] 3 Duck Weights. [A-B] 2 Black Haematite. [C] 1 Lapis Lazuli. A and B to E [Expedition]. [drawing C 1:1] Type VI.
6257B (none) 1927,0527.44 (none) [A-C] 3 Duck Weights. [A-B] 2 Black Haematite. [C] 1 Lapis Lazuli. A and B to E [Expedition]. [drawing C 1:1] Type VI.
6257C (none) (none) (none) [A-C] 3 Duck Weights. [A-B] 2 Black Haematite. [C] 1 Lapis Lazuli. A and B to E [Expedition]. [drawing C 1:1] Type VI.
6258A (none) (none) (none) (A) 1 black stone loom weight (B) 1 black flaked stone fragmentary (C) [C.1-.3] 3 fragments of solid copper from from 10mm to 20mm in thickness. (D) 1 square stone weight rounded at corners. (E-F) 2 broken crystal beads [drawing]
6258B (none) (none) (none) (A) 1 black stone loom weight (B) 1 black flaked stone fragmentary (C) [C.1-.3] 3 fragments of solid copper from from 10mm to 20mm in thickness. (D) 1 square stone weight rounded at corners. (E-F) 2 broken crystal beads [drawing]
6259 (none) (none) (none) Clay vase. Drab. Type: [XX crossed out] 588, =RC.226 [crossed out] =L.
6260 (none) (none) (none) Clay bowl. Type CCXXIX, =RC.229, =L
6261 (none) (none) B16314 Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Nannar, Minor god and votary. Inscription doubtful. About BC 2200. [drawing]
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]
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]
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]
6265 (none) (none) (none) Clay vase. Light drab. Type CCXXX. Same as U.6210. =RC.226. =L.
6266 (none) (none) (none) Clay bowl. Drab. Type CCXXXIII. =RC.39. =L.
6267 (none) (none) (none) Terracotta fragment. Nude female carrying a vase in what is probably a wicker basket? [drawing 1:1]
6268 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Fragmentary. Worshipper introduced by an assistant goddess to a god like Shamash stepping forward and armed with a sword and scimitar. Ma-au-sum son of Ludingi-ra? About BC 2100. B.
6269 (none) (none) (none) Clay cone. Pierced by hole 6mm in diameter. E.
6270 (none) (none) (none) Clay vase. Type LXII. TEO (variant) curved lip. =RC.109. =L

Media: EH Site | EH Export: JSON - XML - CSV

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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References

Woolley, Leonard. (1974) Ur Excavations VI; The Ur III Period, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Woolley et al. (1926) U6257 Catalog Card, Unpublished.

UPM Field Photo numbers, .

Woolley, L. . (1955) Ur Excavations IV; The Early Periods, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Woolley, L. and M. Mallowan . (1976) Ur Excavations VII; The Old Babylonian Period, Oxford: Oxford University Press.