6858 | 1928,1009.470
| Iconography: | Human/zoomorphic >> Male 1 |
| Technique: | Manufacture >> Molded >> Modeled 1 |
| Technique: | Decoration >> Subtraction >> Incised 1 |
| Description (Catalog Card): | Terracotta head. Male. Wearing round cap like low fez with cheek piece running on either side of face and below chin. Narrow fringe of hair protruding from cheek piece over face, and over chin some incised markings indicate beard. Large eyes and highly prominenet mouth. Curve of remaining portion of neck shows that head must have been slightly upraised. At back of head traces of garment which is attached to the cap.2 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | Found against Kurigalzu wall. From N. end of KP. |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Clay3 |
| Measurement (Catalog Card): | H. 70mm, W. of head 50mm |
| U Number: | 6858 |
| Object Type: | Figural Objects >> Figurines >> Anthropomorphic |
| Museum: | British Museum |
| Season Number: | 04: 1925-1926 |
| Description (Modern): | Fired clay figure of man; head only; probably a finial; wears short, cylindrical hat with streamers; incised detail of beard; facial features shown but nose missing.1 |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Fired >> Terracotta |
| Museum Number (BM Big Number): | 120912 |
| Museum Number (BM Registration Number): | 1928,1009.470 |
| Measurement (Height): | 641 |
| Measurement (Width): | 531 |
| Measurement (Depth): | 421 |
| [1] Data collected by British Museum research team. |
| [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) |
| Leon Legrain Note Card | Leon Legrain Note Card | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| UPM Field Photo numbers | UPM Field Photo numbers | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:33 Page:293 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:33 Page:293 | (none) |
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