6300

Description (Catalog Card): Foundation TABLET of SHULGI. Soapstone. Together with Copper Figure U.6301. "To dDim-tab-ba, his lady, Shulgi, the "mighty hero, the king of Ur, the king of "Sumer and Akkad, has built her house." CF. U.6157, U.6302, U.6304. E. Text: Dim-tab-ba Temple (2) E1     
Find Context (Catalog Card): EH RS-9     
Material (Catalog Card): Steatite2     
Measurement (Catalog Card): 95mm by 63mm by 17mm     
Text Genre: Royal/Monumental      
Dates Referenced: Shulgi     
[1] Woolley's description
[2] Material as described by Woolley
[3] Barrett. 1976. Near East Section, Ur, Inscribed Objects

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Location Context Title Context Description Description (Modern)
EH Site | EH Area EH is located within the Neo-Babylonian temenos wall south of the giparu. There are many other area designations given to parts of this space (such as DP and LR), but EH overall refers to the interior extent of the SW temenos wall from the south corner almost to the Nebuchadnezzar gate and extending east to the line of Pit F. Walls in the area were scattered and difficult to follow, so Woolley established a grid covering at least 55x100 meters in 5x5 squares. The grid is not well documented but publication shows that Woolley began numbers to the east, increasing to the west, and letters to the south, increasing to the north; square 1,A therefore sits in the SE corner -- 11,T in the NW. The abbreviation EH stands for E-Hur-sag but the building of that name does not lie within this excavation zone. Woolley did not believe that the building to the east of this area (partially dug by H.R. Hall in 1919) was the e-hur-sag, the palace of Shulgi, despite bricks with the inscription of the building being found there. Instead he called that building Hall's Temple (HT) and sought the palace in many other places inside the temenos. He eventually conceded that HT was indeed the e-hur-sag and published EH without reference to the abbreviation's original meaning. The area Woolley called EH was the area Hall called the 'tomb mound' because it was relatively high ground in which he found a number of graves. Woolley showed that these were the remains of graves beneath the floors of houses dating from the Isin-Larsa to Kassite periods. EH in this time was likely an extension of the domestic area EM. In the Ur III period there appear to have been larger public buildings here, but their remains were spotty at best. Tablets from this area and area EM show that the residents of the domestic quarter in the Isin-Larsa/Old Babylonian period were likely temple workers. (none)
R-S.9 (none) (none)
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Media Media Title Title Label Author Omeka Label
Ur Excavations VI; The Ur III Period Ur Excavations VI; The Ur III Period 1974 Woolley, Leonard (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)
UPM Field Photo numbers UPM Field Photo numbers (none) (none) (none)
Field Photographs Field Photographs (none) (none) (none)
Woolley's Catalog Cards Woolley's Catalog Cards Card -- BM ID:194 Box:32 Page:13 Card -- BM ID:194 Box:32 Page:13 (none)
Woolley's Catalog Cards Woolley's Catalog Cards Card -- BM ID:194 Box:32 Page:013_V Card -- BM ID:194 Box:32 Page:013_V (none)
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Excavation Context: Ur >> EH Site | EH >> R-S.9

References

Woolley, Leonard. (1974) Ur Excavations VI; The Ur III Period, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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Gadd, C.J., Legrain, L., Smith, S., Burrows, E.R. (1928) Ur Excavations Texts I: Royal Inscriptions, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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