Title: Ur Excavations Texts I: Royal Inscriptions     
Date: 1928     
Author: Gadd, C.J., Legrain, L., Smith, S., Burrows, E.R.     
Publisher: Oxford University Press     
Publication place: Oxford     

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Object U Number Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) Museum Number (BM Registration Number) Museum Number (UPM B-number) Description (Catalog Card)
1632 (none) (none) (none) Baked clay cone of Ur-Nammu, top broken away; text records building of a temple to Enlil, and digging of a canal called En-sig-nun. Cf. U.872, U.1595-U.1597
1632A (none) (none) (none) (none)
1634 (none) 1924,0920.247 (none) Baked clay cone(point broken) of Ur-Nammu, recording his digging of the canal called Nun, in honor of the Moon-god. Duplicate of U.918.
164 (none) (none) (none) Tablet. Baked clay. Inscribed [Annotated] contract dated in reign of Ishme-Dagan. Year when I.D. the king set up a throne for Enlil (and) a shrine of gold weighing?. +7 shekels. (Same forumla as U.352)
165 (none) (none) (none) Tablet. Baked clay. Inscribed (corner chipped) [Annotated] account tablet dated in reign of Ishme-Dagan.
167A (none) (none) (none) (none)
169 (none) (none) (none) Clay cone. Inscribed. [Annotated] Inscription of Ur-Engur recording his digging of a canal. Duplicates U. 202, U.526, U. 722, c.j.872 [Annotated] Placed in IN/No4
1696 (none) 1924,0920.396 (none) Alabaster vase. Fragment. With remains of archaic inscription.
1727 (none) (none) (none) Black stone, of irregular shape, broken, probably part of a gate socket. On a smoothed surface is a 8 line inscription of Bur-Sin, king of Ur, recording his building of a ge-par for the goddess Nin-gal.
188 (none) (none) (none) Clay cone.Fr of. Inscription: [Annotated] Probably of Kudur-Mabug, as it mentions buildings in honor of Nannar built "for his own life and for the life of Arad-Sin King of Larsa." [Annotated] Records K-M's building of Ga-nun-mah in gratitude for victory granted by Nammar over the cities of Mashgan-Sabra and Kar-Shamash, and dedicated on behalf of K-M himself and his son Warad-Sin, King of Larsa. [Annotated] Duplicated U.212, U.217, U.325, U.333, U.861-70, U.919 [Annotated] Placed in IN/No.3
19 (none) 1935,0113.628 (none) Clay truncated cone. (broken). Inscribed on base and barrel. [Annotation] Building inscription of Warad-Sin SAKI-212c. Duplicates:U.334; U.753; U.700; U.878; U.751 [Annotation] Recording the king's building of E-temen-ni-gur-ru, for his life and that of his father Kudur-Mabug. (restores and completes a previously known insription) Placed in IN/No.3. Ur Texts I:R.I.131
198 (none) 1923,1110.19 (none) Limestone mace-head. Fr. of Inscribed. [Annotated] Dedication to the god Mastamtaeea for the life of [Crossed out: Bur Sin II(?) of Isin] Ibi-Sin, last king of the Third Dynasty. greatest dimensions [Annotated] Copied + transliterated. Placed in IN/No. 1.
2 (none) (none) (none) Clay cone. Base of. Inscribed. [Annotated] King's name broken off. Placed in IN/No. 2 Ur Texts I: R.I.135
206 (none) (none) B14933 Mace-head, Alabaster half of Decorated with rope moulding in relief & inscribed: [Annotated] "To Sin, Rimush king of the world, when he had overthrown Elam and Barahse dedicated this from the Elamite booty" Duplicate of an inscription found at Nippur on a vase. See SAKI p. 162 (c) Vase C. [Annotated] Phil Photo 15 [Annotated] Duplicates - 206 [Crossed out] U.236
208 (none) (none) (none) Mace head. White marble. Complete, but top moulding and one side chipped, and part of inscription missing. [Annotated] Dedication of mace head to Nannar bu Ur-Engur for his life. (1) Nannar. (2) lugal-a-ui. (3) Ur-Engur. (4) mtah-kal-gu. (5) lugal Uri-ki-ma. (6) lugal Ki-en-gi ki-uri ge. (7) (uam ti) - la-ui-su. (8) (um) - na-du. [Annotated] Baghdad
209 (none) (none) B14938, B14938 Cone, black and white veined marble. Only the lower part preserved. Inscribed: [Annotated] Dedication to the goddess Ningal for the life of Ur-Engur by a priest of Nannar. [Annotated] Duplicate of 249 [Annotated] Copied and transliterated. Placed in P.R.
212 (none) (none) (none) Clay cone. Fr of base of, With remains of inscription below. [Annotated] Building inscription of Kudur-Mabug of U.188. [Annotated] Placed in IN.No. 3
217 (none) (none) (none) Clay cone. Upper part. With most of text preserved. [Annotated] Inscription of Kudur-Mabug in the Sumerian language similar in terms to the brick inscription, but fuller. Duplicate of U.188. [Annotated] Placed in IN/ No. 3.
220 (none) 1923,1110.38 (none) Tablet. Dark steatite. Fragment only Inscribed on both sides. [Annotated] Probably concerns the building of E-temen-ni-il. [Annotated] Placed in IN/No. 1.
221 (none) (none) B14936 Mace. Head. Fr. of, in green crystal, jade color. Inscribed. [Annotated] Dedication by a king, name broken, who smashed the head of Warka and Ur [Annotated] Copied and trans-literated. Placed in P.R. [Annotated] UR R1 6
222 (none) (none) (none) Tablet of Dark steatite. Complete. Inscription on face with text in 7 registers and on back with one line. [Annotated] Dedication of a temple by Dungi to Min-Sak. [Annotated] Copied and transliterated. Placed in P.R. [Annotated] Sent to Baghdad.
223 (none) (none) (none) Tablet of dark steatite. Broken across. Inscribed on both flat face and rounded back: on the face 8 1/2 lines of broken text remain, on the back 7 and a small bit. [Annotated] Dedication to Adad by Rim-Sin. [Annotated] Copied and transliterated. Placed in P.R. [Annotated] Sent to Baghdad.
231 (none) 1923,1110.41 (none) Stone vase. 4 fragments (of which 2 fit together) of a straight-sided bowl of dark steatite. On the outside, mythological scenes carved in relief - two-headed monster holding the horns of an ibex: another figure fighting serpentine beast: a lion: scorpions: fish, etc. On the inside, inscription. [Annotated] Drawing only [Annotated] Reg. Ins. 9
232 (none) 1923,1110.17 (none) Stone vase. 3 fragments (2 of which joined together) of limestone bowl. On the outside, carved in relief, a seated goddess with 2 children and a standing god, and 5 figures of adorants. Also an inscription. [annotated] Drawn: see photo.
244 (none) 1923,1110.30 (none) Limestone fragment. Inscribed by priest of Nannar named en-an-ni-pao-da. Duplicate U.245, U.237. [Annotated] Copied: placed in IN/No 1.