Door/Gate Sockets
This category includes large ground stones with circular depressions on one side.
Mesopotamian doors had large wooden posts that extended past the threshhold. This post rested in the depression of a gate/door socket. The door then pivoted on this post, and the sokept kept it in place. The socket was set into the floor, so the top of the socket was aligned with the floor. Most sockets were inscribed with a dedicatory inscription from the ruler/govenor to a god/goddess recording achievements and building projects.
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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2771 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Door-socket. Ur-Engur. Bluish stone (flakes easily) usual inscription. In text: 3rd Dynasty Terrace(12) |
| 2772 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Ur-Engur Door-socket. Bluish stone. Usual inscription. In text: 3rd Dynasty Terrace(12) |
| 2855 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Ur-Engur door-socket. Usual text: builder of E-Nannar. |
| 3031 | (none) | 1927,1003.4 | (none) | Door-socket of Bur-Sin. Blue stone. Same inscription U.295 (Photo 24) To Nin-gal, his lady Bur-Sin mighty hero king of Ur, king of the 4 regions of the world has built her beloved house, Gi(g)-par azag for his life he has dedicated. |
| 3032 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Ur-Engur Door-socket. Common in scripot: builder of E-Nannar. In text: Kassite period(13) |
| 3037 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bur-Sin. Door-socket. Blue stone. Flaking off. To Ningal. Builts Gig-par azag. Duplicate of U.3031. In text: Neo-Babylonian period (8). |
| 3059 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gimil-Sin. Door-socket. (Perhaps to Ningal?? But the name of the god is almost illegible) ?Gimil-Sin, beloved of Enlil, king whom Enlil has chosen in his heart, mighty king, king of Ur, king of the 4 regions of the world, (her or his?) house he has built. H.C. |
| 3102 | (none) | (none) | (none) | dGimil-Sin Door-socket. Of shrine erected by Lugal ma-gur-ri patesi of Ur. Same inscription: U.2673. |
| 3103 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Ur-Engur Door-socket. Same old inscription: Iron hinge still on stone. |
| 3172 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Ur-Engur Door-socket. Usual inscription. In text: Kassite period (14) |
| 3224 | (none) | 1927,1003.1 | (none) | Door-socket of Bur-Sin. Diorite 52 lines inscription. Building of Dub-lal mah for Nannar. Probably duplicate of U.1163 (Photo. Book II p.147) H.C. |
| 3261 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Ur-Engur Door-socket. Usual inscription. |
| 3337 | (none) | 1927,1003.2 | (none) | Door-socket of Gimil-Sin. dGimil-dSin, beloved of Enlil, king called by Enlil, the beloved of his heart mighty king, king of Ur, king of the 4 regions of the world, his beloved house, he has built. H.C. |
| 6335 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Door-socket of dGIMIL-SIN placed in his beloved shrine by servant Lugal-magurri patesi of Ur. Fragment of 6 last lines. Text: EH(3) |
| 6336 | (none) | 1927,0527.3 | (none) | Door-socket of Ur-Nammu. To Nin-sum. He built her house. E. |
| 6353A | (none) | 1927,0527.4 | (none) | [A-G] Door Socket of Ur-nammu. Diorite. To Ningal his lady Ur-Nammu, the mighty man, king of Ur, King of Sumer and Akkad her Gig-par-azag-ga, has built. 4 to E [UPM and BM] 3 to B [Baghdad] |
| 6353B | (none) | 1927,0527.6 | (none) | [A-G] Door Socket of Ur-nammu. Diorite. To Ningal his lady Ur-Nammu, the mighty man, king of Ur, King of Sumer and Akkad her Gig-par-azag-ga, has built. 4 to E [UPM and BM] 3 to B [Baghdad] |
| 6357B | (none) | 1927,0527.2 | (none) | [A-M] Diorite door-socket of Bur-Sin. To Nin-gal, his lady. Bur-Sin, the mighty, king of Ur, king of the 4 regions of the world her Gig-par-azag has built, for his life he has presented. Cf. U.3031, 6334. And a fragment of a second door-socket. 7 to B. [Baghdad] 6 to E. [Expedition] |
| 6357C | (none) | 1927,0527.5 | (none) | [A-M] Diorite door-socket of Bur-Sin. To Nin-gal, his lady. Bur-Sin, the mighty, king of Ur, king of the 4 regions of the world her Gig-par-azag has built, for his life he has presented. Cf. U.3031, 6334. And a fragment of a second door-socket. 7 to B. [Baghdad] 6 to E. [Expedition] |
| 6364 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Door-socket of Ur-Nammu. Builder of E nannar Usual inscription. 4 to B. H.C. |
| 6703 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Inscribed (d?)En-men-an-na. =Lord of the heavenly crown Pr. Name or name of Nannar? H.C. B. |
| 6722A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Door-socket of ^(d)Gimil-^(d)Sin. His own beloved house. Same inscription U.3337. 2 to B. 1 to E. H.C. |
| 6742 | (none) | 1928,1009.2 | (none) | Diorite door-socket. To nannar, king of Ur, dEnlilla-mishag, patesi of Niffer (the ? has restored?) E. H.C. |
| 6744 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Door-Socket of Ur-Nammu. Bluish diorite? Badly dammage - Same inscription as U.2736 to Innina with a variant 1.2 Nin-azag-nun-na. ? See text |
| 7818B | (none) | 1928,1009.1 | (none) | [A-D] Gate sockets (four). Inscription of Marduk-nadin-ahi. c. 1116-1101. HC.40 |
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