2826 | 1927,1003.242
| Description (Catalog Card): | Fragment of inlay. Shell, pierced at back for fixing and part of presentation scene; both figures have crowns and long hair and one carries a wand. Probably 1st Dynasty. [drawing 1:1]1 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | Below Nebuchadnezzar wall. Corner fort: filling. PDW. Ur. |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Shell2 |
| Measurement (Catalog Card): | [L.29mm, W.26mm based on 1:1 drawing] |
| U Number: | 2826 |
| Museum: | British Museum |
| Object Type: | Furniture >> Inlays |
| Season Number: | 03: 1924-1925 |
| Description (Modern): | Inlay, incised with 2 gods |
| Material: | Organic Remains >> Shell |
| Museum Number (BM Big Number): | 119247 |
| Museum Number (BM Registration Number): | 1927,1003.242 |
| [1] Woolley's description |
| [2] Material as described by Woolley |
Files
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
| PDW | The excavation area abbreviation PDW derives from the fact that the area lies to the west of the area designated PD, the Great Nanna Courtyard. Area PDW is on the ziggurat terrace itself, but includes only the north and northeast portion of the terrace since the Great Nanna Courtyard does not extend to the southern ziggurat terrace. The southern terrace was excavated under the abbreviation HD. Some of the finds from either side of the terrace may also be coded ZT. Legrain lists PDW as specifically the deep trench within the Ur-Nammu terrace, but this is almost certainly a reference to PAT, later called Pit K, a pit dug within PDW. Area PDW included the investigation of the Bastion of Warad Sin at the northern corner of the ziggurat terrace and essentially part of the northern temenos wall. This structure was possibly a defensive gate that led onto the terrace in the Isin-Larsa/Old Babylonian period, expanded somewhat in the Kassite. It had thick walls and a potential sally-port gateway. Other structures uncovered here included the Ur III shrine to Nanna and its Neo-Babylonian counterpart as well as various potential storage rooms. Two deep pits were begun here in season 3 and completed in season 8, see area abbreviations Pit K and Pit L. Much other work was done on the northwest terrace in later seasons, particularly 9 and 10. See excavation area abbreviation NCF. | (none) |
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| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Field Photographs | Field Photographs | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| The "Archaic I" Phase of the Ziqqurat Terrace at Ur: A Contextual Re-Assessment. | The "Archaic I" Phase of the Ziqqurat Terrace at Ur: A Contextual Re-Assessment. | 2003 | Benati, Giacomo | (none) |
| UPM Field Photo numbers | UPM Field Photo numbers | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| Ur Excavations IV; The Early Periods | Ur Excavations IV; The Early Periods | 1955 | Woolley, L. | (none) |
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:29 Page:34 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:29 Page:34 | (none) |
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Context
Ur >> Ziggurat Terrace | ZT >> PDW
References
Woolley, L. . (1955) Ur Excavations IV; The Early Periods, Oxford: Oxford University Press.