Private Graves Area | PGA

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Context Title:	Private Graves Area \| PGA
Context Name (Excavation):	PGA
Context Name (Publication):	Royal Cemetery
Context Description:	In season 6, Woolley expanded his trial trenches in area PG opening up a much larger space in the Royal Cemetery proper. The northeastern extents in TTG had been revealing fewer and fewer graves, so he expected many more to the southeast; indeed, he found an increasing density here. He no longer considered this to be trial exploration, but a true excavation area, and thus began to call the space the Private Graves Area, abbreviated PGA. He also began mapping individual graves, establishing at least 4 mapping points from which he took angular measures to pinpoint locations. Unfortunately he never showed where these stakes were placed on any map so we can no longer utilize the recorded angles. Cards from this season that bear the abbreviation PGA all concern textual material. Grave goods or other finds were recorded under their individual PG numbers rather than the general PGA abbreviation. It appears that the only material collected in the area but not associated with graves directly were inscribed objects and thus these were the only ones to garner the PGA designation.
Season Number:	06: 1927-1928
Season Number:	07: 1928-1929
Season Number:	08: 1929-1930
Season Number:	10: 1931-1932
Season Number:	11: 1932-1933

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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)
10143	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Cone Dedication to Nina by Gudea new? ll. 1-7 = SAK. p. 114 H l 8 edengur ka-lum: cf. SAK 30 a. 4.3.;32 f. 15; 36 m.1.2 NB variant L 9 ki-ka (-ni), app. corruption of gi-ka-na i-ka: cf. SAK. 32 top 25, 32 f. 17 This cone is bored lengthwise from the flat end to a depth of 6.5cm HC. 5
10631	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Cone Fragment containing extreme end of lines. Probably: Ur-Nammu U.918, 7771, etc. (entered here to record the surprising find-place.)
10137	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Cone Fragment giving second column of Libit-Istar (U. 4 etc., 7702) but line 1 ends ezen + la. Line 12 ends urikl-ma-ka (cf. U.10105 - first column) [struck out: "HC4"]
10136	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Cone Sinidinnam - U. 2900 with slight variants probably - U. 7798 found lst season.
10624	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Cone Warad-Sin =SAK 212 (c). Fragment. Text mostly preserved. (any variants?) 1. 15 ..ki . 1. 18 ends un-ne. 1. 26 ends bar. 1. 27 ends tu(r)
10604	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Sealing Fragment: about 6 signs visible,= ? not legible
10605	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Sealing Stamped on both sides with cylinder about 0025 long: Horned & hoofed being erect held by erect lions to right and left. Inscription 5 signs at ends of lines cf. U.10 133.
10602	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Sealing. 2 fragments. Geometrical pattern.
10133	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal Impression This is from same seal as U.10605 HC 176
10129	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal Impression. Presentation Scene: Goddess enthroned holding cup? 1st figure approaching. 2nd figure approaching both hands raised high, or horned hat. Inscription illegible on both sides of clay lump. HC.>182
10140	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet 6 lines, mostly figures HC 105
10630	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet Account (IIIrd. Dyn. Ur) Of clothes received (cf. U.10629). 11th.month. perhaps: itu eyend-me-ki-gal but apparently written eyen-mas /...(- intercalled second month of that name??) Year date: mu bad-gal ba-du - (cf. Um 10629). H.C.121
10629	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet Account (UR III Dyn.) of clothes received (cf. U.10628). 3rd. month, written u-nehuku year data, mu-us-sa bad-gal ba+du. cf. U.10617 and U.10630, see now U.11004. H.C. 120
10114	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet accounts archaic receipts (su-ba-li) and corn HC. 55.
10113	(none)	1930,1213.656	(none)	Tablet Accounts archaic receipts and bacon fat.... HC. 54
10131	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet Accounts Fragment, with date- Gimil Sin 8 fuller form month (it)u dul-kugdNin..... HC 104
10112	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet Accounts, archaic HC 53
10110	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet Accounts. archaic. receipts of oil and honey? HC 51
10116	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet Accounts: receipt + silver. Obv. illegible. Rev = Date = SAK p.235,6(m). Seal imp. of Ibi-Sin (not otherwise legible). This date (meaning of Tukin-batti-migrisato the Patesi of Zabeali) is [illegible] to belonging to Ibi-Sin's reign. So conjectured already in Camb. Are. Hit. c. 450. [Meaning and handwriting unclear].
10132	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet Business document. Date- ? var. of Rim-Sin 16. HC 102
10123	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet Case tablet: Inscript. very unclear
10120	(none)	1930,1213.655	(none)	Tablet Dusinan note: 2 (for?) ad-e or the major-domo HC 102
10628	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet Four columned account tablet, concerning clothes Ur III Dynasty (perhaps the two following small tablets found same day in PGA, but not same place, refer to the same business) For e-dub-ba cf. U.11031/2. HC.119.
10145	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet four payments H.C. 106
10142	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet Fragment of accounts (slave-list) archaic (NB. 47 slaves for dMe-nu-a) HC 58