Enunmah | TTB | ES
| Context Title: | Enunmah | TTB | ES |
| Context Name (Excavation): | TTB; TTB.W; TTB.ES; TTB.SS; ES |
| Context Name (Publication): | E-nun-mah |
| Context Description: | That its foundation goes back behind the Third Dynasty of Ur is certain, for fragments of walls and pavements in pIano-convex brick (PI. 30a) prove the fact, but of the character of that original structure nothing can be said. Ur-Nammu was responsible for the temple in its existing form; he built it in mud brick, or at any rate made much use of that material, and his work was added to and probably completed by his son Dungi. Bur-Sin replaced with burnt brick the mud-brick walls of his grandfather and Gimil-Sin added further details. The temple was completely overthrown by the Elamites on the occasion of the downfall of Ibi-Sin and under the Isin Dynasty was rebuilt by Gimil-ilishu, who faithfully followed the lines of the Third Dynasty ground-plan. Ishme-Dagan, Nur-Adad, and Sin-idinnam all in turn undertook repairs of its structure and Kudur-Mabug seems to have done some more radical restoration, but his building was destroyed by the Babylonians in the time of Samsu-iluna. It was probably restored after a fashion not much later, but the first actual record of its re-establishment is that of Kuri-Galzu; the Kassite ruler still kept to the original plan, but added a few new features. His building was repaired, without any noticeable alterations, by Marduk-nadin-ahhe in the 11th century B.C. Nebuchadnezzar was the first to tamper seriously with the ancient ground-plan; his reconstruction involved a complete change of character corresponding to a change of ritual in the temple services, and in the temple as he left it the old E-nun-mah is barely recognisable. Nabonidus repaired but does not seem to have modified his predecessor's work. Finally we find, above the Nabonidus level, remains of a further reconstruction which we can attribute only to Cyrus of Persia.1 |
| Context Description: | The building was an almost exact square measuring some 57.00 m. in either direction; its angles were, as usual, orientated to the cardinal points of the compass. It was surrounded by a wall 2.70 m. thick strengthened by double buttresses, of which there were five on each side, and the area thus enclosed was raised to form a platform about 2.00 m. above the level of the ground outside; this wall is fairly well preserved on the NE (v. Pis. 28b., 29b), has suffered a good deal, and is partly masked by subsequent additions in the SE (PI. 29a), could be traced only by its foundations on the SW, where the building has been remodelled, and on the NW it has been completely eradicated by a drain of Nebuchadnezzar. There is a doorway in the SE wall which, however, would seem to have led only into two small chambers having no communication with the rest of the building. In view of the denudation of the walls, which here do not rise above floor level, it is not possible to assert definitely that such communication never existed, but the facts that the wall between rooms 17 and 18 is whereas in almost every other case the doorways can be distinguished even at this level (rooms 8, 9, and 10 are the sole exceptions), and that no hinge-box or doorsocket stone was found here, make the theory of a door hazardous. Probably the real entrance to the building was in the NW front.1 |
| [1] UE6 p.45 |
| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 723B | 55-30-213 | (none) | (none) | Fragment of clay tablet. End signs y lines. Unidentified. |
| 599 | 52-30-38 | (none) | (none) | Tablet, complete. New Babylonian letter from Shamash-dur to a lady concerning certain birds. |
| 435A | 52-30-277, 52-30-277 | (none) | (none) | Tablet, nearly complete. Found TTB 25, see u431. Dated. |
| 203 | 52-30-271 | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. Complete. [Annotated] Contract tablet concerning a deal in corn, of the Persian [crossed out] Kassite period dated to the 4th year of Kash-tili(ash) |
| 203A | 52-30-271 | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| 8811B | 52-30-257 | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Mostly fragments of large account tablets, anciently broken: a few small whole business tablets - a round tablet - part of a 9 times multiplication table - seal impression (in matchbox). |
| 8811H | 52-30-257 | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Mostly fragments of large account tablets, anciently broken: a few small whole business tablets - a round tablet - part of a 9 times multiplication table - seal impression (in matchbox). |
| 441 | 52-30-199 | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Accounts on obverse, dated at bottom of 4th col rev (date illegible) Same find as U.339 in TTB9. |
| 540 | 52-30-159 | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Top right corner broken. Dated. Fragment recording some uncertain transaction which extended "from the year when the E-ginabtum of Nannar was built to the year when Abi-sare became king" i.e. from the 25th yr. of Gungunum to the 1st of Abi-sare, kings of Larsa. [Above] See U.381. |
| 2956 | 47-29-57, 47-29-57 | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Receipt for butter. Dated of Gimil Sin. |
| 2943 | 47-29-49, 47-29-49 | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. Date: After the great wall was built (=Gimil-Sin) Text: Offering of the king. For the evening sacrifice, on the 7th of Ezen-mah. Before three locations of emblems. H.C. |
| 3035 | 47-29-393, 47-29-393 | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. List of proper names (Pay list?) Time of Ibi-Sin. |
| 3098 | 47-29-3699, 47-29-369 | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Date: Ibi-Sin king. Year after? Text: Receipt for 3 skins of grass sheep. Seal impress of Lugal-ga-ti (l) e-kiag, scribe. |
| 2941 | 47-29-358, 47-29-358 | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. Date: Gimil-Sin? 2 cows al (mature) 1 cow 2 years old property of E-gu the nubanda, 1 cow al 1 cow, 3 years old, property of? Total 5 cow. Order of Ur-gi? |
| 2700 | 47-29-341, 47-29-341 | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. Fragment. Dated: Time of Gungunum. Text: Butter, Cheese, dates rations (nigaku) of ? from ga-nun-mah dNin-subur?, has received? |
| 2944 | 47-29-203, 47-29-203 | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. Date. Gimil-Sin 6th year. Recepit for 35 sheep skins seal impression. |
| 3050 | 47-29-193 | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. Fragment. Time of Ibi-Sin. Comptability- Receipts in the names of several scribes for: wool, cloth, oil, perfume, barley. |
| 3073 | 47-29-176 | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet only reverse. Date: Ibi-Sin Text: Rations (grain, oil) of the female and male servants of E-kar-zi-da for one month. Among the men are classes: the craftsmen, the cowherdsmen, etc. H.C. |
| 3033 | 47-29-174, 47-29-174 | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet with envelope. Receipt. Dated: "After year when Ibi-Sin king of "Ur built the great wallof Nippur and Ur. Seal impress: Lu-d( ) Son of Bur-a-mu Lu dSin. |
| 3034 | 47-29-140, 47-29-140 | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. Comptability gold and silver. Ibi-Sin (?) 3 2/3 shekel gold. 3 maneh 6 5/6 shekel 15 grain silver. Balance of revenue brought in. |
| 2860H | 37-7-99 | (none) | (none) | Clay Tablet. About BC 2700 (Period of Agade Kings). Text: 1 sheep, 5 pieces of bread gu, 5 pots of drink (sur-ra), 50 Fishes (A-min) 45 birds, 120 qa of barley. Present of the king-for the king. This is 2860 (1) [A] for 2860 (2-20) [B-T] see UET.II |
| 2860G | 37-7-98 | (none) | (none) | Clay Tablet. About BC 2700 (Period of Agade Kings). Text: 1 sheep, 5 pieces of bread gu, 5 pots of drink (sur-ra), 50 Fishes (A-min) 45 birds, 120 qa of barley. Present of the king-for the king. This is 2860 (1) [A] for 2860 (2-20) [B-T] see UET.II |
| 2860E | 37-7-97 | (none) | (none) | Clay Tablet. About BC 2700 (Period of Agade Kings). Text: 1 sheep, 5 pieces of bread gu, 5 pots of drink (sur-ra), 50 Fishes (A-min) 45 birds, 120 qa of barley. Present of the king-for the king. This is 2860 (1) [A] for 2860 (2-20) [B-T] see UET.II |
| 2860S | 37-7-100 | (none) | (none) | Clay Tablet. About BC 2700 (Period of Agade Kings). Text: 1 sheep, 5 pieces of bread gu, 5 pots of drink (sur-ra), 50 Fishes (A-min) 45 birds, 120 qa of barley. Present of the king-for the king. This is 2860 (1) [A] for 2860 (2-20) [B-T] see UET.II |
| 3182 | 29-174-18 | (none) | (none) | Pottery jar. Prehistoric ware with spout: lip missing and side holed. Type CVII, =RC.55, =L.45a |
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| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
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| Ur Excavations VI; The Ur III Period | Ur Excavations VI; The Ur III Period | 1974 | Woolley, Leonard | (none) |
| Field Photographs | Field Photographs | GN0003 | GN0003 | (none) | |
| Field Photographs | Field Photographs | GN0004 | GN0004 | (none) | |
| Field Photographs | Field Photographs | GN0004a | GN0004a | (none) | |
| Field Photographs | Field Photographs | GN0005 | GN0005 | (none) | |
| Field Photographs | Field Photographs | GN0006 | GN0006 | (none) | |
| Field Photographs | Field Photographs | GN0007 | GN0007 | (none) | |
| Field Photographs | Field Photographs | GN0008 | GN0008 | (none) | |
| Field Photographs | Field Photographs | GN0009 | GN0009 | (none) | |
| Field Photographs | Field Photographs | GN0010 | GN0010 | (none) | |
| Field Photographs | Field Photographs | GN0011 | GN0011 | (none) | |
| Field Photographs | Field Photographs | GN0012 | GN0012 | (none) | |
| Field Photographs | Field Photographs | GN0013 | GN0013 | (none) | |
| Field Photographs | Field Photographs | GN0014 | GN0014 | (none) | |
| Field Photographs | Field Photographs | GN0015 | GN0015 | (none) | |
| Field Photographs | Field Photographs | GN0018 | GN0018 | (none) | |
| Field Photographs | Field Photographs | GN0019 | GN0019 | (none) | |
| Field Photographs | Field Photographs | GN0020 | GN0020 | (none) | |
| Field Photographs | Field Photographs | GN0021 | GN0021 | (none) | |
| Field Photographs | Field Photographs | GN0026 | GN0026 | (none) | |
| Field Photographs | Field Photographs | GN0028 | GN0028 | (none) | |
| Field Photographs | Field Photographs | GN0029 | GN0029 | (none) | |
| Field Photographs | Field Photographs | GN0030 | GN0030 | (none) | |
| Field Photographs | Field Photographs | GN0030A | GN0030A | (none) | |
| Field Photographs | Field Photographs | GN0031 | GN0031 | (none) |
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Sibling Locations
AH Site | AH - City Wall | CLW - DP - Dublalmah | LL - EH Site | EH - Ehursag | HT - EM Site | EM - 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
Child Locations
ES - Room 1 - Room 10 | TTB.16 - Room 11 | TTB.16/17/19 - Room 12 | TTB.16/17 - Room 13 | TTB.19 - Room 14 | TTB.20 - Room 15 | TTB.21 - Room 17 - Room 19 - Room 2 - Room 21 - Room 22 | TTB.31 - Room 23 - Room 25 - Room 3 - Room 32 - Room 33 - Room 34 - Room 35 - Room 36 - Room 5 | TTB.10 - Room 6 - Room 7 - Room 8 | TTB.14 - Room 9 | TTB.13 - TTB
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References
Woolley, Leonard. (1974) Ur Excavations VI; The Ur III Period, Oxford: Oxford University Press.