806 | 1923,1110.2
| Description (Catalog Card): | Basalt hinge-stone. Inscribed with name, etc., of NABONIDUS. The fragments of the iron shoe of the door-post are still fixed in the stone.1 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | In situ in the S door box of the outer door of the Ziggurat gateway in the SW temenos wall. |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Basalt2 |
| Measurement (Catalog Card): | ht 036 (028 crossed out) width 035 (040 crossed out) length 046 |
| Text Genre: | Royal/Monumental |
| Dates Referenced: | Nabonidus |
| U Number: | 806 |
| Museum: | British Museum |
| Object Type: | Architectural Elements >> Door/Gate Sockets >> Socket |
| Season Number: | 01: 1922-1923 |
| Object Type: | Architectural Elements >> Door/Gate Sockets |
| Culture/Period: | Neo-Babylonian |
| Description (Modern): | Gate socket, inscribed (8 lines) |
| Description (Modern): | Object is not sealed. |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Stone >> Igneous >> Basalt |
| Museum Number (BM Big Number): | 116417 |
| Museum Number (BM Registration Number): | 1923,1110.2 |
| Museum Number (BM Big Number): | 116417 |
| Tablet ID Number: | P467932 |
| [1] Woolley's description |
| [2] Material as described by Woolley |
Files
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | TWSW | (none) | (none) |
| Ziggurat Terrace | ZT | The excavation area abbreviation ZT stands for Ziggurat Terrace. It was used for any portion of the terrace on which the ziggurat stood, though other more specific abbreviations were also used. For example, the abbreviation PDW refers to the northern side of the terrace, west of the Great Nannar Courtyard (PD), and HD refers to the southern part of the terrace. Early references using the abbreviation ZT refer specifically to excavations along the terrace retaining wall itself. Later references, however, mention specific areas on top the terrace such as the so-called 'boat shrine.' The abbreviation also refers to deep clearing of the terrace fill, particularly on the north side in later excavation seasons, though the abbreviation Zig.31 was most often used for this. Woolley uncovered large areas of the retaining wall that supported the platform known as the ziggurat terrace. He found that it was decorated with large wall cones. These cones bore an inscription of Urnamma but there is evidence that the terrace in some form existed in the Early Dynastic period as well. The Urnamma retaining wall was slanted to support the terrace, was 1.7 meters high, 34 meters wide, and was decorated with 5-meter-wide buttresses about 4 meters apart. The inscribed cones dedicate the terrace to the moon god, Nanna, and show that it was called e-temen-ni-gur, which translates as, "house, foundation platform clad in terror." (Woolley read this e-temen-ni-il). | (none) |
- 2 Locations
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 IX; The Neo-Babylonian and Persian Periods | Ur Excavations IX; The Neo-Babylonian and Persian Periods | 1962 | Woolley, L. and Mallowan, Max | (none) |
| Field Photographs | Field Photographs | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| British Museum Photo Negatives | British Museum Photo Negatives | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:24 Page:56 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:24 Page:56 | (none) | |
| Field Photographs | Field Photographs | GN0086 | GN0086 | (none) |
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Context
Excavation Context: Ur >> Temenos Wall | TW >> TWSW
References
British Museum Photo Negatives, .