Description (Catalog Card): Fragment of alabaster vase. En-an-ni-pad-da priest of nannar son of Urdbau patesi of Lagash. E.1     
Find Context (Catalog Card): A.22. KP in front of sanctuary.     
Material (Catalog Card): Calcite2     
Text Genre: Royal/Monumental      
Dates Referenced: Ur-Bau     
U Number: 6361     
Museum: British Museum      
Object Type: Vessels/Containers >> Closed Forms >> Jars      
Season Number: 04: 1925-1926      
Object Type: Vessels/Containers      
Culture/Period: Ur III      
Description (Modern): Vessel fragment with inscription     
Description (Modern): Object is not sealed. En-anne-padda, daughter of Ur-Bau     
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Mineral >> Calcite Group >> Calcite      
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals      
Museum Number (BM Big Number): 118558     
Museum Number (BM Registration Number): 1927,0527.31     
Museum Number (BM Big Number): 118558     
Tablet ID Number: P232272     
[1] Woolley's description
[2] Material as described by Woolley

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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)
Room A22 | G-J 10 Store Room (none)
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Media Media Title Title Label Author Omeka Label
Ur Excavation Volumes Provisional Ur Excavation Volumes Provisional (none) (none) (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)
Woolley's Catalog Cards Woolley's Catalog Cards Card -- BM ID:194 Box:32 Page:74 Card -- BM ID:194 Box:32 Page:74 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur_Notes_v4_p075 Ur_Notes_v4_p075 (none)
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