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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 6373 | 47-29-237 | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. Receipt. Dated: Ibi Sin king of Ur, for Nannar has made (the statue?): the divine leader of heaven 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) |
| 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) |
| 6376 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. Receipt. Dated: year after Ibi-Sin king of Ur, to Ninlil and to ( ), the brilliant Eginabtum (has rebuilt?) 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) |
| 6378 | 47-29-177 | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. Receipt: Ibi-Sin king of Ur, made for Innina (?) the harp (called) Ninigi-zidbarra. H.C. Text: 9H(2) |
| 6379 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. Receipt. Dated: (Ibi-Sin) When he made the throne of Enlil H.C. text: 9H(2) |
| 6399 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. Receipt. Dated: mu-lu-am-gal an-na endninni ba-hun (Ibi-Sin). H.C. Text: 9H(2) |
| 6442 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Light drab. Type CCXL. =L. |
| 6443 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Type CCXLI =P.125. In album. [drawing] |
| 6464 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Light drab. Cf U.6462. Type. |
| 6465B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Light drab. Neck and foot broken. N. [Evage8?]. Card received from mallowan. 1976, Read. |
| 6467A | (none) | (none) | (none) | 3 miniature clay vases. Light drab. (A) and (B) have a hole pierced in either side of neck. |
| 6467B | (none) | (none) | (none) | 3 miniature clay vases. Light drab. (A) and (B) have a hole pierced in either side of neck. |
| 6467C | (none) | (none) | (none) | 3 miniature clay vases. Light drab. (A) and (B) have a hole pierced in either side of neck. |
| 6468 | (none) | 1927,0527.144 | (none) | Pendant, in shape of duck? Pierced for suspension. ? A lion's claw. E. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6475 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Green. Perforated base. |
| 6476 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bird. Drab. Fragmentary. Eyes rendered by clay pellets. B. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6479 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Presentation to seated god. Crescent on pole. About BC 2200. B. |
| 6480 | (none) | 1927,0527.84 | (none) | Silver bangles (2) and group of beads. Found lumped together owing to corrosion. |
| 6486 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Miniature bull pendant. Alabaster. Greenish yellow. B. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6487 | (none) | 1927,0527.151 | (none) | Miniature left foot of doll? Shell. Bone color. Hole pierced in top and inside of foot. E. |
| 6489 | (none) | 1927,0527.56 | (none) | Alabaster vase. White and yellow streaks. Type L stone. Near JN.14. E |
| 6490 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze pin. B. |
| 6491 | (none) | 1927,0527.106 | (none) | Bronze pin. Hole pierced in top. E. |
| 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