Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards

Omeka ID:	1257

Transcription:	House 30/B Top level BC Tr were really 2 periods here but most o- walls were reused in - 2nd period & for - most part it was a matter o floor raising & minor alterations rather than rebuilding - Walls were o poor quality w a liberal use o broken brick .& were thin, though some cd h stood on upper story : - founds came right down to - tops o- Dungi walls - Small court (1) was brick paved & was presumably open to sky, - rooms opening out of it - Break in - SE wall was patch work, probably - blocking of a door to room (7), but in room (7) - floor was at a higher level & belonged to - secondary occupation - Rooms (5) & (6) were at - same high level but - walls went deep & all belonged to- early period Room (2) was clearly a chapel w niche & SE pillar o burnt brick in - corner & under - floor a brick grave & a pot burial : - wall dividing it from room (5) was shallow & ~~o late date~~ but was bonded into -NE wall :- NE & NW walls had more solid

Location	Context Title	Context Description	Description (Modern)
	House 30/B	Five houses of the Isin-Larsa/Old Babylonian period infringed upon the ruins of the Shulgi Mausoleum and its Amar-Sin annexes. In fact, the houses were built almost directly above its remains and it is curious to think that the large and important mausolea would have faded so completely from memory that houses would be built here 100 - 200 years later. Woolley felt that the Elamite destruction had been severe enough to accomplish this. The southwest wall of the mausolea remained to a height of 2 meters while the northeast wall was substantially ruined and it is this northeastern side that is most heavily built over. Woolley excavated these houses quickly in his effort to uncover the larger Ur III structure and numbered them as one unit, House 30. Later he separated the plans into individual houses, labeled House 30 A-E. All were badly denuded and few finds came from them, though typically there were also graves beneath the floors that are better recorded. These and drainpipes often disturbed parts of the ruined mausolea below., Originally well built and brick paved. Cut through by the Temenos Wall of Nebuchadnezzar.	(none)