Find Context (Catalog Card): SE corner of Egigpar of Nabonidus     
U Number: 6747B1     
Museum: British Museum      
Season Number: 04: 1925-1926      
Object Type: Writing and Record Keeping >> Tablet      
Culture/Period: Ur III      
Description (Modern): Object is not sealed.     
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Unfired      
Museum Number (BM Big Number): 130104     
Tablet ID Number: X005198     
[1] U number duplicated because of number of objects listed on card.

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Location Context Title Context Description Description (Modern)
Giparu | KP The excavation area given the abbreviation KP was eventually found to be the site of the ancient building known as the giparu (alternatively e-gig-par or gig-par-ku). Mostly dedicated to the goddess Nin-gal, Nanna's consort, it was also in various periods the residence of the entu priestess. The abbreviation KP, however, stands for King's Palace because Woolley initially thought this might be the site of Shulgi's palace, the ehursag. The giparu was a very long-lived building, though it underwent many changes over many centuries. Most striking were the changes in the Neo-Babylonian period when Woolley shows it combining with the dublalmah to the east. He believed that by this point the building was not sufficient to house the Ningal temple and the entu priestess together, and thus the so-called Palace of Belshaltinannar was constructed outside the temenos specifically to house the priestess herself. At times Woolley refers to the giparu as the Great Ningal Temple, which can be confusing as the Kassite and Neo-Bablyonian Ningal temples had moved onto the ziggurat terrace to the north of the giparu (Area HD). Furthermore, parts of the giparu were excavated under area abbreviations other than KP in season 3 when the full extents of the building were only just coming to light. The northern portion originally carried the abbreviation HDB and the southeastern portion, SF. (none)
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Media Media Title Title Label Author Omeka Label
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:33 Page:179 Card -- BM ID:194 Box:33 Page:179 (none)
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