Great Nanna Courtyard | PD

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Context Title:	Great Nanna Courtyard \| PD
Context Name (Publication):	Great Nannar Courtyard
Context Name (Excavation):	PD
Context Description:	The meaning of this two-letter designation is unclear. It may derive from Woolley's search for Shulgi's palace and may thus stand for Palace of Dungi. Woolley came to realize, however, that it was an enormous courtyard surrounded by rooms, and at times in the excavation it was simply referred to as the Ziggurat Courtyard. The path through the court led to the ziggurat terrace and eventually to the temple atop it. The court was likely a gathering place for special occasions of worship to the moon god (whose name Woolley read Nannar, but which we read today as Nanna). Therefore, Woolley eventually dubbed this space the Great Nannar Courtyard. Area PD is the large space to the east of the ziggurat terrace, substantially lower in elevation than the base of the ziggurat. It had many floors over many periods. It consisted of a large paved courtyard (some 50 x 75 meters) surrounded by rooms that may have been used for storage. Because of indentations in some of the wall faces, Woolley believed there was once an inset wooden colonnade along some of the walls.
Season Number:	02: 1923-1924
Season Number:	06: 1927-1928
Season Number:	07: 1928-1929

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UE 5 Nannar Court in the Third Dynasty.pdf - Download

UE 5 Nannar Court in Kassite.pdf - Download

UE 9 NW Ziggurat Persian.pdf - Download

UE 7 Temenos Area Larsa.pdf - Download

UE 5 Ziggurat Terrace Neobab.pdf - Download

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
1001	(none)	(none)	(none)	Steatite plaque. One side flat, one convex. Rectangular. Uninscribed. Sent to Baghdad. Found with U.1000
10102C	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Clay Cone. Ur-Nammu SAK p. 188 A. [B] -another fragment [C] -another, nearly complete [D] -another fragment [E] -another fragment [F] -another nearly complete [G-H] -two more fragments. [I]-another
10102E	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Clay Cone. Ur-Nammu SAK p. 188 A. [B] -another fragment [C] -another, nearly complete [D] -another fragment [E] -another fragment [F] -another nearly complete [G-H] -two more fragments. [I]-another
10102F	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Clay Cone. Ur-Nammu SAK p. 188 A. [B] -another fragment [C] -another, nearly complete [D] -another fragment [E] -another fragment [F] -another nearly complete [G-H] -two more fragments. [I]-another
10102G	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Clay Cone. Ur-Nammu SAK p. 188 A. [B] -another fragment [C] -another, nearly complete [D] -another fragment [E] -another fragment [F] -another nearly complete [G-H] -two more fragments. [I]-another
10102H	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Clay Cone. Ur-Nammu SAK p. 188 A. [B] -another fragment [C] -another, nearly complete [D] -another fragment [E] -another fragment [F] -another nearly complete [G-H] -two more fragments. [I]-another
10102I	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Clay Cone. Ur-Nammu SAK p. 188 A. [B] -another fragment [C] -another, nearly complete [D] -another fragment [E] -another fragment [F] -another nearly complete [G-H] -two more fragments. [I]-another
10138	(none)	(none)	(none)	Diorite Block Fragment cf. U.10614 HC 4
10149A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Bricks (2). Inscription on side. Kurigalzu dedication to Ningal. New. (- f. U. 3202.) HC..6
10149B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Brick Inscription on side Kurigalzu ded. to Ningal. new. (- f. U. 3202.) H.C .6
1044	(none)	(none)	B15271	Button seal. White quartzite, oval top. Roughly engraved with date. [drawing]
10612	52-30-28	(none)	(none)	Tablet Business document Concerning payments cf. SE. Persian period (?) No date. HC..400.
10613	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment of Door-socket. Inscription Equivalent to last 5 lines of Bur Sin, U.295, U.1727 Found at same time as fragmentary diorite statue) Later; Another fragment, joining, giving end of lines 2-5.
10614	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone Fragment Diorite Beginning of a dedication: Possibly belongs with U.10138: but found not with the latter but with fragmentary diorite statue. In text, see U.1359 etc.HC..4b
10615	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone Fragment Diorite? Beginning of a dedication by Dungi (found at same time as U.10,613; U.10, 614)
10616	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet Fragment Neo-Bab or Persian Document Numerous proper names. H.C. 401.
10617	47-29-445	(none)	(none)	Tablet Summary of barley accounts for several months (UR III Dyn.) Year: Bad-gal ba-du (cf. U.10629) and foll.) seal impressions not clear. HC..113
10625	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Fragment of large account tablet (grain): much weathered + broken, month of Se-kin-kud; 1st (?) year of Ibi-Sin. + a small fragment (Ref. to Ibi-Sin. Obv. 18 - ?)
10625A	(none)	(none)	(none)	(none)
10625B	(none)	(none)	(none)	(none)
10633	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Cone Fragt. Not identified of rim-sin (?) H.C..8
10636	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet Small note (3 lines only) concerning 21 gis su-nir Ur III Dyn. ? or earlier? H.C.364.
10638	(none)	(none)	(none)	Brick Having on the left (vertically) [or bottom (horizontally)] the single sign GIBIL Graffito? HC 306
10639	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablets etc These 10 inscribed fragments brought in at the end of the season not yet studied U.10639 calcite fragment U.10640 fragment of foundation tablet U.10641 fragment of inscribed bead. U.10642 fragment of text in writing like Assyrian U.10643-U.10647 fragments of account tablets U.10648 seal impression
10640	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablets etc These 10 inscribed fragments brought in at the end of the season not yet studied U.10639 calcite fragment U.10640 fragment of foundation tablet U.10641 fragment of inscribed bead. U.10642 fragment of text in writing like Assyrian U.10643-U.10647 fragments of account tablets U.10648 seal impression