16003 | 31-43-247
| Description (Catalog Card): | Clay cone. Ur-gigir. The building of E-ses-(e-)-gar(-ra), temple of ... HC.30/ I.1 UET 8/2 (Hand Copied by Legrain) [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] 1 |
| Description (Archival): | Inscribed, clay. (Of UrdEngur, girmta, dDumuzida, dumu Ur ge, us-kalagga, lugal, Unukkiga ka-ge u Ama-sal-me-kab, ama-ni, dNin ses-e-gar-ra, nin-a-ni, e sese-gar-ra, e kiaggani e-ti (l)-ne-rakika, muna-du.) |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | BC in filling of houses, top level |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Clay2 |
| Measurement (Catalog Card): | 98mm x 46mm |
| Text Genre: | Royal/Monumental |
| Dates Referenced: | Ur-nigina |
| U Number: | 16003 |
| Object Type: | Architectural Elements >> Cones |
| Museum: | University of Pennsylvania Museum |
| Season Number: | 09: 1930-1931 |
| Object Type: | Writing and Record Keeping >> Peg, Nail or Cone (inscribed) |
| Culture/Period: | Guti/Post Akkadian |
| Description (Modern): | Orange to buff colored cone with an inscribed stem. |
| Description (Modern): | Object is not sealed. |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Fired |
| Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number): | 31-43-247 |
| Tablet ID Number: | P216757 |
| Measurement (Length): | 100.0 |
| Measurement (Diameter): | 46.0 |
| Measurement (Height): | 983 |
| Measurement (Width): | 463 |
| [1] Typed Transcription from BMCard |
| [2] Material as described by Woolley |
| [3] Barrett. 1976. Near East Section, Ur, Inscribed Objects |
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mausoleum Site | BC | Woolley called the east corner of the Neo-Babylonian temenos the Bur-Sin Corner (area BC) because he found bricks of Bur-Sin (now read Amar-Sin or Amar-Suen) there in early season explorations. Area BC is particularly complex because it consists of substantial building in many periods. The largest building was of the Ur III period, and it is this building to which the abbreviation BC typically refers in field notes. It sits at the northeastern edge of the Royal Cemetery. The main Ur III building was 35 x 27m and its southwest wall was preserved two meters in height, while its northeast wall was largely destroyed. Its walls were built with inscribed bricks of Shulgi. The overall layout of the building is much like a courtyard house but on a large scale and with more ritual furnishings. Attached to this building were two annexes, one northwest and the other southeast, built with bricks of Shulgi's son, Amar-Sin (see context AD). Beneath the entire building were three very large vaults. All of them had been plundered in antiquity and only scattered fragments of artifacts and bones were discovered inside. Nonetheless, Woolley believed that these vaults originally held the remains of the Ur III kings. For this reason, area BC is sometimes referred to as the Mausoleum Site. The building was destroyed by Elamites, according to Woolley, and sometime thereafter houses of the Isin-Larsa/Old Babylonian period were constructed in the area (see House 30). Finally, the Neo-Babylonian Temenos wall was constructed over and through parts of the remains. | (none) |
- 1 Location
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Ur Excavations Texts VIII.1: Royal Inscriptions Part II | Ur Excavations Texts VIII.1: Royal Inscriptions Part II | 1965 | Sollberger, E. | (none) |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur_Notes_v2_p282 | Ur_Notes_v2_p282 | (none) |
- 2 Media