17626A | 32-40-437, 32-40-437
| Technique: | Decoration >> Subtraction >> Inscribed |
| Conservation: | 2007. University Museum Near East Section Ur Metals Conservation Treatment Project. IMLS Grant. |
| Description (Catalog Card): | [A-B] Copper cylinders. A pair. Solid metal, entirely carved with inscription in vertical lines. Name of NUR-ADAD.1 |
| Description (Archival): | Copper. Inscribed. |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | Found together in a brick box under the foundation of the Larsa sanctuary in the range facing on the NW court of the Ziggurat. Under the NE wall. In text: 3rd Dynasty Terrace. (26) in Cat. |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Copper Alloy2 |
| Measurement (Catalog Card): | L. 270mm, D. 65mm |
| Text Genre: | Royal/Monumental |
| Dates Referenced: | Nur-Adad |
| U Number: | 17626A |
| Object Type: | Tools and Equipment >> Maces, Sceptres, Staves >> Rods and Bars |
| Museum: | University of Pennsylvania Museum |
| Season Number: | 10: 1931-1932 |
| Object Type: | Writing and Record Keeping >> Barrels or Cylinder |
| Culture/Period: | Ur III |
| Description (Modern): | Inscribed cylinder |
| Description (Modern): | Object is not sealed. |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Metal >> Copper Alloy |
| Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number): | 32-40-437 |
| Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number): | 32-40-437 |
| Tablet ID Number: | X008109 |
| Measurement (Diameter): | 66 |
| Measurement (Length): | 274.0 |
| Measurement (Height): | 2703 |
| Measurement (Width): | 653 |
| Measurement (X): | 274 |
| [1] Woolley's description |
| [2] Material as described by Woolley |
| [3] Barrett. 1976. Near East Section, Ur, Inscribed Objects |
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ziggurat Terrace | ZT | The excavation area abbreviation ZT stands for Ziggurat Terrace. It was used for any portion of the terrace on which the ziggurat stood, though other more specific abbreviations were also used. For example, the abbreviation PDW refers to the northern side of the terrace, west of the Great Nannar Courtyard (PD), and HD refers to the southern part of the terrace. Early references using the abbreviation ZT refer specifically to excavations along the terrace retaining wall itself. Later references, however, mention specific areas on top the terrace such as the so-called 'boat shrine.' The abbreviation also refers to deep clearing of the terrace fill, particularly on the north side in later excavation seasons, though the abbreviation Zig.31 was most often used for this. Woolley uncovered large areas of the retaining wall that supported the platform known as the ziggurat terrace. He found that it was decorated with large wall cones. These cones bore an inscription of Urnamma but there is evidence that the terrace in some form existed in the Early Dynastic period as well. The Urnamma retaining wall was slanted to support the terrace, was 1.7 meters high, 34 meters wide, and was decorated with 5-meter-wide buttresses about 4 meters apart. The inscribed cones dedicate the terrace to the moon god, Nanna, and show that it was called e-temen-ni-gur, which translates as, "house, foundation platform clad in terror." (Woolley read this e-temen-ni-il). | (none) |
- 1 Location
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Provisional Field Photo Album | Provisional Field Photo Album | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| Ur Excavations Texts VIII.1: Royal Inscriptions Part II | Ur Excavations Texts VIII.1: Royal Inscriptions Part II | 1965 | Sollberger, E. | (none) |
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:69 Page:26 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:69 Page:26 | (none) |
- 3 Media