2673
| Description (Catalog Card): | Door-socket of dGimil-dSin, beloved of Enlil, the king whom Enlil has chosen as the delight of his heart, the mighty king, king of Ur, king of the 4 regions of the world, his god, Lugal-ma-gur-gur-ri, the commandment of the fortress, patesi of Ur, his servant has built his beloved temple. (Another example in Berlin VA.3302)1 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | L.L.door way to 5 / By door in SE wall of Room 6 Dub-lal-mah |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Stone2 |
| U Number: | 2673 |
| Museum: | The National Museum of Iraq |
| Object Type: | Architectural Elements >> Door/Gate Sockets >> Socket |
| Season Number: | 03: 1924-1925 |
| Object Type: | Architectural Elements >> Door/Gate Sockets |
| Culture/Period: | Ur III |
| Description (Modern): | Door socket, inscribed |
| Description (Modern): | Object is not sealed. |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals |
| Museum Number (IM Number): | IM 915 |
| Museum Number (IM Number): | IM 915 |
| Tablet ID Number: | P226154 |
| [1] Woolley's description |
| [2] Material as described by Woolley |
Files
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dublalmah | LL | First investigated by Taylor in 1853, the dublalmah was originally a gateway onto the eastern corner of the ziggurat terrace. It expanded into a larger building in the Isin-Larsa/Old Babylonian period. It had multiple functions, religious and administrative, through the centuries. An inscribed door socket of Amar-Sin found here refers to the building as the great storehouse of tablets and the place of judgment. It was thus essentially a law court, possibly with tablets recording judgments stored within. In Mesopotamia, an eastern gateway--in sight of the rising sun--was typically seen as a place of justice, and gateways were often places where witnesses or judges might hear claims. After the Ur III period the door onto the ziggurat terrace was sealed up and the dublalmah appears to have become a shrine, but it retained its name and probably its law court function. Kurigalzu made significant restorations to the building in the Kassite period and Woolley marveled at the well-constructed fully preserved arched doorway of this Late Bronze Age time. By the Neo-Babylonian period, the structure had essentially merged with the functions of the neighboring giparu. | (none) |
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| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | British Museum Photo Negatives | British Museum Photo Negatives | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| Field Photographs | Field Photographs | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| Ur Excavations Texts I: Royal Inscriptions | Ur Excavations Texts I: Royal Inscriptions | 1928 | Gadd, C.J., Legrain, L., Smith, S., Burrows, E.R. | (none) |
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:28 Page:173 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:28 Page:173 | (none) |
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