6352
| Technique: | Decoration >> Subtraction >> Inscribed |
| Conservation: | Reconstructed by Leon Legrain in the 1920s-1930s. |
| Description (Catalog Card): | Steatite(?) [diorite is struck through] statue of Ningal. Presented by Enannatum son of Ishme-Dagan For his life. Upper part broken. Inscript. on 3 sides of the throne. Ur Texts, Vol. I, No. 103 E. CLW. Enter in catalog, Vol. VII HC.1 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | KP: J.7 C22 in publication |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Diorite2 |
| Text Genre: | Royal/Monumental |
| Dates Referenced: | Ishme-Dagan |
| U Number: | 6352 |
| Object Type: | Figural Objects >> Figurines >> Anthropomorphic |
| Museum: | University of Pennsylvania Museum |
| Season Number: | 04: 1925-1926 |
| Culture/Period: | Old Babylonian >> Isin Larsa |
| Description (Modern): | Statue of priestess Enanatumma dedicating her statue to the goddess Ningal. Heavily reconstructed. CBS Register: diorite statue of the goddess Ningal. Part of the base, skirt, elbows, right shoulder, lower part of head are restored. Inscript. of Enannatum. |
| Description (Modern): | Object is not sealed. En-ana-tuma, daughter of Ishme-Dagan |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Stone >> Igneous >> Diorite |
| Museum Number (UPM B-number): | B16229 |
| Tablet ID Number: | P270014 |
| Measurement (Diameter): | 240 |
| Measurement (Height): | 105 |
| Measurement (Width): | 120 |
| [1] Woolley's description |
| [2] Material as described by Woolley |
Files
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Room C23 | J 7-8 | Antechamber to Ningal Temple. Possible Treasury | (none) |
| 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) |
- 2 Locations
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UPM Field Photo numbers | UPM Field Photo numbers | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| British Museum Photo Negatives | British Museum Photo Negatives | (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:65 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:32 Page:65 | (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) |
| Ur Excavations VII; The Old Babylonian Period | Ur Excavations VII; The Old Babylonian Period | 1976 | Woolley, L. and M. Mallowan | (none) |
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Context
Ur >> Giparu | KP
Excavation Context: Ur >> Giparu | KP >> Ningal Temple | Unit C | A-P 1-8 >> Room C23 | J 7-8
References
British Museum Photo Negatives, .