6768B
| Technique: | Manufacture >> Molded >> Modeled in the Round |
| Iconography: | Human/zoomorphic >> Position >> Hand Raised |
| Description (Catalog Card): | PAP-SU-GAL. Mud figures of. Traces of white plaster remain. Human bodies with dog heads, left hand held across chest; right arm bent at elbow and held upright. CBS16271? [Confirmed: 16273]2 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | Found in burnt brick boxes close to Temenos wall below surface; W. corner of KP. |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Clay3 |
| Measurement (Catalog Card): | L. 150mm |
| U Number: | 6768B1 |
| Object Type: | Figural Objects >> Figurines >> Anthropomorphic |
| Season Number: | 04: 1925-1926 |
| Museum: | University of Pennsylvania Museum |
| Description (Modern): | Male figurine of unbaked clay, one arm raised over head, other may have also been raised, broken. Reddish clay, highly fragmentary. Salt encrustation near feet. |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Fired >> Terracotta |
| Museum Number (UPM B-number): | B16272B |
| [1] U number subdivided based on number of objects listed on Catalog Card. |
| [2] Woolley's description |
| [3] Material as described by Woolley |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | British Museum Photo Negatives | British Museum Photo Negatives | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| Field Photographs | Field Photographs | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| UPM Field Photo numbers | UPM Field Photo numbers | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| Ur Excavations VIII; The Kassite Period and the period of the Assyrian Kings | Ur Excavations VIII; The Kassite Period and the period of the Assyrian Kings | 1965 | Woolley, Leonard | (none) |
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:33 Page:200 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:33 Page:200 | (none) |
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