TTE
| Context Title: | TTE |
| Context Name (Excavation): | Trial trench E |
| Context Name (Publication): | Royal Cemetery Area |
| Context Description: | TTE is shorthand for Trial Trench E, one of two initial trenches dug in season 5 to extend TTA from season 1. Woolley dug TTE and TTD at right angles to each other in order to search for graves in what he believed was a potentially vast cemetery. These trenches were never mapped and no aerial photos show them, as by the time of the 1930 photograph the trial trenches had been so extended that most of the Royal Cemetery area was exposed. Fortunately, Woolley's field records allow us to reconstruct its direction and extents. He states that TTE extended southwest to the south gate of the Neo-Babylonian temenos wall. This would make it about 85 meters in length, and though he does not tell us its width it is likely that it was around 4 meters, the same as the measurable trial trenches A, B, and C. Although Woolley reports that he dug "two long trenches running diagonally across the site from the head of the old trench" only TTD can actually have begun at the northern end of TTA. TTE extends at a right angle to TTD, but it does so 8 meters from the northeast corner of TTA. In order to place TTE accurately, other information has been used from field notes and publications. These show that TTE struck PG580 but did not completely reveal it. In fact, Woolley began to dig part of PG580 from the side of the trial trench because he had cut through it without recognizing its full importance. He had to leave this particular grave at the end of the season and return to it in season 6. TTE also hit the stone roofing of PG777 but left it intact. PG580 and PG777 were mapped and show the direction and general placement of TTE. TTE almost immediately began revealing graves, some of them relatively rich in gold jewelry. It is probably for this reason that Woolley did not continue TTD to any great depth but chose instead to focus on TTE. In fact, he later began extending TTE into new trenches along the same line (TTF and TTG). He assigned numbers to each grave as it was uncovered, preceded by the abbreviation PG (Private Grave). The initial sequence, PG1-PG226 were all located within TTE. The sequence then began to share with TTF and eventually with TTG. Unfortunately, none of the first 579 graves were ever mapped within the length of their trial trenches. |
| Season Number: | 05: 1926-1927 |
| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U8125 | (none) | (none) | B17415 | Axe. Copper. Heavy type. [drawing] [type] XIX | |
 | U8124 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Spear. Copper. Rectangular in section. Common type - poker type. Imprint of reed matting adhering to tang. [type VI] |
| 9912B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Copper arrowheads two, barbed and hollow socketted (both broken) [drawing] 1:1 Type VIIB |
| 9912A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Copper arrowheads two, barbed and hollow socketted (both broken) [drawing] 1:1 Type VIIB |
| 9911C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Lance-heads Poker type with square section and short tang (one broken) Type__ |
| 9911B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Lance-heads Poker type with square section and short tang (one broken) Type__ |
| 9911A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Lance-heads Poker type with square section and short tang (one broken) Type__ |
| 9909 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Shell Plaque Engraved with animal scene. Poor condition & figure indistinct. |
| 9906 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Shell Inlay Small figure in silhouette (head missing) A servant (?) wearing a fringed skirt advances left holding with both hands two piles of pots, each pile containing 4 ordinary tumblers [drawing] 1:1 |
| 9905 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Shell Inlay Small figure in silhouette, broken, and the head missing Male(?) figure wearing kaukanes of early type with 3 rows of fringes, advancing left. In the left hand a short staff [drawing] 1:1 Good early work. |
| 9904 | (none) | (none) | B17356 | Copper Nail or Stud (head broken and a fragment missing) square shaft and very large head of thin metal, convex [drawing] 1:2 | |
| 9903 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Spearhead Type__ |
| 9780B | (none) | (none) | B17655 | Gold Chain The usual type with double-twisted links giving a square section |
| 9780A | (none) | (none) | B17654 | Gold Chain The usual type with double-twisted links giving a square section | |
| 9779 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold Bead Double conoid Decorated with applied filligree work and circular cloisons once filled in with lapis (now all missing: a fragment of lapis remained in one cloison when the object was found) [drawing] |
| 9778 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Finger Ring Gold Cloisonne work set with lapis; bent and partly broken, and some of the inlay missing [drawing] |
| 9777B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Spindles a pair Silver spindles with lapis whorls both very slender (broken into 4 pieces and whorl also separate.) |
| 9777A | (none) | (none) | B17550 | [A-B] Spindles A pair Silver spindles with lapis whorls both very slender | |
| 9776L | (none) | (none) | B16742 | [A-L] Shell Plaques. Found in confusion and scattered in the soil (the filling of the shaft) 12 plaques with animals, of which 2 are broken. 4 1/2 others completely decayed. 7 white squares each with 5 blue dots. 3 black squares each with 5 white dots. 2 squares with rosettes. 9 pieces (strips) with eye pattern most of these have suffered by the decay of the shell. Also a quantity of narrow edging slips in mother-of-pearl, red stone and lapis. |
| 9776K | (none) | (none) | B16742 | [A-L] Shell Plaques. Found in confusion and scattered in the soil (the filling of the shaft) 12 plaques with animals, of which 2 are broken. 4 1/2 others completely decayed. 7 white squares each with 5 blue dots. 3 black squares each with 5 white dots. 2 squares with rosettes. 9 pieces (strips) with eye pattern most of these have suffered by the decay of the shell. Also a quantity of narrow edging slips in mother-of-pearl, red stone and lapis. |
| 9776J | (none) | (none) | B16742 | [A-L] Shell Plaques. Found in confusion and scattered in the soil (the filling of the shaft) 12 plaques with animals, of which 2 are broken. 4 1/2 others completely decayed. 7 white squares each with 5 blue dots. 3 black squares each with 5 white dots. 2 squares with rosettes. 9 pieces (strips) with eye pattern most of these have suffered by the decay of the shell. Also a quantity of narrow edging slips in mother-of-pearl, red stone and lapis. |
| 9776I | (none) | (none) | B16742 | [A-L] Shell Plaques. Found in confusion and scattered in the soil (the filling of the shaft) 12 plaques with animals, of which 2 are broken. 4 1/2 others completely decayed. 7 white squares each with 5 blue dots. 3 black squares each with 5 white dots. 2 squares with rosettes. 9 pieces (strips) with eye pattern most of these have suffered by the decay of the shell. Also a quantity of narrow edging slips in mother-of-pearl, red stone and lapis. |
| 9776H | (none) | (none) | B16742 | [A-L] Shell Plaques. Found in confusion and scattered in the soil (the filling of the shaft) 12 plaques with animals, of which 2 are broken. 4 1/2 others completely decayed. 7 white squares each with 5 blue dots. 3 black squares each with 5 white dots. 2 squares with rosettes. 9 pieces (strips) with eye pattern most of these have suffered by the decay of the shell. Also a quantity of narrow edging slips in mother-of-pearl, red stone and lapis. |
| 9776G | (none) | (none) | B16742 | [A-L] Shell Plaques. Found in confusion and scattered in the soil (the filling of the shaft) 12 plaques with animals, of which 2 are broken. 4 1/2 others completely decayed. 7 white squares each with 5 blue dots. 3 black squares each with 5 white dots. 2 squares with rosettes. 9 pieces (strips) with eye pattern most of these have suffered by the decay of the shell. Also a quantity of narrow edging slips in mother-of-pearl, red stone and lapis. |
| 9776F | (none) | (none) | B16742 | [A-L] Shell Plaques. Found in confusion and scattered in the soil (the filling of the shaft) 12 plaques with animals, of which 2 are broken. 4 1/2 others completely decayed. 7 white squares each with 5 blue dots. 3 black squares each with 5 white dots. 2 squares with rosettes. 9 pieces (strips) with eye pattern most of these have suffered by the decay of the shell. Also a quantity of narrow edging slips in mother-of-pearl, red stone and lapis. |
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| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
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| UPM Field Photo numbers | UPM Field Photo numbers | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery | Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery | 1934 | Woolley, Leonard | (none) |
| Zur Datierung des Konigsfriedhofes von Ur. | Zur Datierung des Konigsfriedhofes von Ur. | 1966 | Nissen, Hans | (none) |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Royal Cemetary Notes 540-685_p067 | Royal Cemetary Notes 540-685_p067 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Royal Cemetary Notes 540-685_p068 | Royal Cemetary Notes 540-685_p068 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Royal Cemetary Notes 540-685_p069 | Royal Cemetary Notes 540-685_p069 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Royal Cemetary Notes 540-685_p070 | Royal Cemetary Notes 540-685_p070 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Royal Cemetary Notes 540-685_p071 | Royal Cemetary Notes 540-685_p071 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Royal Cemetary Notes 540-685_p072 | Royal Cemetary Notes 540-685_p072 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Royal Cemetary Notes 540-685_p073 | Royal Cemetary Notes 540-685_p073 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Royal Cemetary Notes 540-685_p074 | Royal Cemetary Notes 540-685_p074 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Royal Cemetary Notes 540-685_p075 | Royal Cemetary Notes 540-685_p075 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Royal Cemetary Notes 540-685_p076 | Royal Cemetary Notes 540-685_p076 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Royal Cemetary Notes 540-685_p077 | Royal Cemetary Notes 540-685_p077 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Royal Cemetary Notes 540-685_p078 | Royal Cemetary Notes 540-685_p078 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Royal Cemetary Notes 540-685_p079 | Royal Cemetary Notes 540-685_p079 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Royal Cemetary Notes 540-685_p080 | Royal Cemetary Notes 540-685_p080 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Royal Cemetary Notes 540-685_p081 | Royal Cemetary Notes 540-685_p081 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Royal Cemetary Notes 540-685_p082 | Royal Cemetary Notes 540-685_p082 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Royal Cemetary Notes 540-685_p083 | Royal Cemetary Notes 540-685_p083 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur_Notes_v1_p144 | Ur_Notes_v1_p144 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur_Notes_v1_p145 | Ur_Notes_v1_p145 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur_Notes_v2_p015 | Ur_Notes_v2_p015 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur_Notes_v2_p173 | Ur_Notes_v2_p173 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur_Notes_v4_p246 | Ur_Notes_v4_p246 | (none) |
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Sibling Locations
Burnt Burial - Larsa Graves - PG/B - Pit A - Pit B - Pit C - Pit D - Pit E - Pit G - Pit H - Pit W - Pit Z - PJ - Private Graves 1001-1100 - Private Graves 1101-1200 - Private Graves 1201-1300 - Private Graves 1301-1400 - Private Graves 1401-1500 - Private Graves 1501-1600 - Private Graves 1601-1700 - Private Graves 1701-1800 - Private Graves 1801-1850 - Private Graves 501-600 - Private Graves 601-700 - Private Graves 701-800 - Private Graves 801-900 - Private Graves 901-1000 - Private Graves Area | PGA - Royal Cemetery | PG1931 - Royal Cemetery | PG1932 - Seal Impression Strata | SIS - TTA - TTD - TTF - TTG
Child Locations
PG/261 - PG/298 - PG/304 - PG/310 - PG/312 - PG/313 - PG/315 - PG/317 - PG/319 - PG/331 - PG/333 - PG/337 - PG/340 - PG/341 - PG/343 - PG/354 - PG/368 - PG/372 - PG/386 - PG/399 - PG/413 - PG/417 - PG/424 - PG/426 - PG/429 - PG/439 - PG/511 - PG/537 - PG/580 - Private Graves 1-100 - Private Graves 101-200 - Private Graves 201-300
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Ur > Royal Cemetery | PG > TTE
References
Woolley, Leonard. (1934) Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery, Oxford: Oxford University Press.