216 | 1923,1110.102
| Iconography: | Human/zoomorphic >> Male 1 |
| Technique: | Manufacture >> Molded >> Mold Pressed 1 |
| Iconography: | Animal/Zoomorphic >> Mammal >> Monkey 1 |
| Iconography: | Musical Instrument >> Flute 1 |
| Iconography: | Human/zoomorphic >> Position >> Standing 1 |
| Description (Catalog Card): | Terracotta relief. [drawing 1:1]2 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | Found on surface of mound of outer wall NE of the city |
| Material (Catalog Card): | terracotta3 |
| Measurement (Catalog Card): | [L.107mm, W.53mm based on 1:1 drawing] |
| U Number: | 216 |
| Museum: | British Museum |
| Object Type: | Figural Objects >> Plaques/Reliefs |
| Season Number: | 01: 1922-1923 |
| Description (Modern): | Fired clay plaque; "Man with Monkeys"; shows a man, perhaps an Indian showman with monkeys, one of whom is playing a pipe; another monkey is on his right shoulder, grasping his hair; man holds uncertain object in right hand.1 |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Fired >> Terracotta |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Clay |
| Museum Number (BM Big Number): | 116513 |
| Museum Number (BM Registration Number): | 1923,1110.102 |
| Measurement (Weight): | 801 |
| Measurement (Height): | 1081 Height is probably near complete |
| Measurement (Width): | 451 Width near shoulders |
| Measurement (Thickness): | 81 Thickness at edge |
| Measurement (Thickness): | 181 Thickness at chest |
| Start Date: | 2000BC1 |
| End Date: | 1750BC1 |
| [1] Data collected by British Museum research team. |
| [2] Woolley's description |
| [3] Material as described by Woolley |
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temenos Wall | TW | The excavation area abbreviation TW stands for Temenos Wall, a wall that surrounded the ziggurat terrace and its extended sacred space in the northern central portion of the city of Ur through much of its history. The wall may have begun in the Early Dynastic period, as Woolley found some indication of what he believed to be its earliest foundation. There was clearly an Ur III period version that ran south of the giparu and then further southeast to encompass the ehursag. This was the general line of the wall through the Isin-Larsa/Old Babylonian and into the Kassite period, though the Kassites made some changes in the northern portion. Finally, the Neo-Babylonians changed the wall greatly, expanding the area encompassed to the north and south and adding several gateways. The foundations of this later, quite massive, wall often destroyed earlier remains. Woolley explored parts of the temenos wall in many seasons and frequently used the TW abbreviation for the wall in any of its building periods. Other excavation area abbreviations include parts of the temenos, particularly NCF, PDW and BC. The temenos wall built by Urnamma was 6 meters thick and built of mud brick with a baked brick facing. Most of the baked brick had been removed, probably for later building. The Nebuchadnezzar and Nabonidus temenos wall had chambers within it and sported six gates into the temenos area. This area was known as e-gish-nu-gal (Woolley read this e-gish-shir-gal). At least one later interpretation conflates TW with the phrase Town Wall, but the wall surrounding Ur was always referred to as the city wall, (CLW). | (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) |
| Field Photographs | Field Photographs | GN0038 | GN0038 | (none) | |
| Leon Legrain Note Card | Leon Legrain Note Card | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| Ur Excavations VII; The Old Babylonian Period | Ur Excavations VII; The Old Babylonian Period | 1976 | Woolley, L. and M. Mallowan | (none) |
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:21 Page:216 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:21 Page:216 | (none) |
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