Palace of Bel-Shalti-Nannar

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Context Title:	Palace of Bel-Shalti-Nannar \| AD
Context Name (Publication):	Palace of Bel-Shalti-Nannar
Context Name (Excavation):	AD
Context Description:	The excavation area abbreviation AD was apparently duplicated by accident and thus refers to two different areas of the site. At the excavation, the designation was used to refer to a large Neo-Babylonian structure in the northern portion of the site that was eventually dubbed the 'Palace of Bel-Shalti-Nannar.' The horizontal extent of this building is one of the largest at Ur and the layout resembles that of the 'Great House' in Merkes at Babylon. The building's foundations were preserved to a great depth (over 3 meters) and paved floors sat at the top of the intentional fill of these foundations. Walls did not extend much above this level and excavation consisted mostly of following the outlines in order to determine the ground plan. A few artifacts were recovered, primarily from intrusive graves and from foundation deposits. Inscribed bricks in the preserved floor led Woolley to identify the building with the residence of the entu priestess in the Neo-Babylonian period. It was built for the daughter of Nabonidus, whose name we now read as Ennigaldi-Nanna but which in Woolley's day was read Bel-Shalti-Nannar. It may have had some administrative functions but it mainly appears to have been a large-scale residence. Legrain, in his museum work on inscribed materials, used the excavation area abbreviation AD to refer to a subsection of area BC (the mausoleum of the Ur III kings). Artifacts from the two separate AD contexts have been divided in the digital data wherever possible.

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Objects: Palace of Bel-Shalti-Nannar | AD Export: JSON - XML - CSV

U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
16159A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-E] 5 Dogs. Unbaked clay. Squatting. Type found in Papsukal boxes. One bears traces of red paint.
16159B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-E] 5 Dogs. Unbaked clay. Squatting. Type found in Papsukal boxes. One bears traces of red paint.
16159C	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-E] 5 Dogs. Unbaked clay. Squatting. Type found in Papsukal boxes. One bears traces of red paint.
16159D	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-E] 5 Dogs. Unbaked clay. Squatting. Type found in Papsukal boxes. One bears traces of red paint.
16159E	31-43-489	(none)	(none)	[A-E] 5 Dogs. Unbaked clay. Squatting. Type found in Papsukal boxes. One bears traces of red paint.
16160A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-D] 4 dogs. Unbaked clay. Miniature. Originally decorated with paint. # of them bore traces of red, blue and green respectively
16160B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-D] 4 dogs. Unbaked clay. Miniature. Originally decorated with paint. # of them bore traces of red, blue and green respectively
16160C	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-D] 4 dogs. Unbaked clay. Miniature. Originally decorated with paint. # of them bore traces of red, blue and green respectively
16160D	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-D] 4 dogs. Unbaked clay. Miniature. Originally decorated with paint. # of them bore traces of red, blue and green respectively
16166	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads: Agate, steatite, jasper, glass paste, carnelian lentoids, barrels, balls, double conoid.
16167	(none)	(none)	(none)	Flat seal. Oval quartz. Engraved with design of winged dragon.
16168	(none)	(none)	(none)	Miniature dog. Greenish clay glazed. Baked clay, head and legs missing. [drawing 1:1]
16198A	31-43-213	(none)	(none)	[A-B] 2 bronze [bronze is struck through and silver written next to it] finger rings. (A) one with circular bezel. Phil.
16198B	31-43-214	(none)	(none)	[A-B] 2 bronze [bronze is struck through and silver written next to it] finger rings. (A) one with circular bezel. Phil.
16199	(none)	1931,1010.222	(none)	Beads: Agate, lapis & frit scaraboids, one agate barrel.
16200	(none)	(none)	(none)	Bowl, blue glazed. Type LXX variant. P139.
16301	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads: glass paste, balls, barrels, and worked double conoids.
16302	(none)	(none)	(none)	Pendant, Shale. [drawing 1:1]
16312	(none)	(none)	(none)	Bronze socket. Container for wooden door threshold or possibly for holding wooden bar for bolting a door? [drawing]
16317	(none)	(none)	(none)	Bowl. Blue glazed. Two handles. Type LXVII, squat variant. RC236 variant. P217.
16323	(none)	(none)	(none)	Bangle. Bronze. circular. Ends slightly overlapping.
17060	31-43-491	(none)	(none)	Dagger blade. Copper. Type ?.
17075	31-43-490	(none)	(none)	Papskukal. Mud figure, bearded male wearing a conical cap and girt with a balrick to which is attached a sword hanging from the left side. The right hand, raised and clasped a spear. Baldric mu weapons in copper traces of red paint on the mud. See sketch. Field note in AD.
17432	(none)	1931,1010.281	(none)	Miniature sword. Copper. [drawing 1:1]

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Media: Palace of Bel-Shalti-Nannar | AD Export: JSON - XML - CSV

Media	Media Title	Title	Label	Author	Omeka Label
	Ur Excavations IX; The Neo-Babylonian and Persian Periods	Ur Excavations IX; The Neo-Babylonian and Persian Periods	1962	Woolley, L. and Mallowan, Max	(none)