Door/Gate Sockets

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)
	12503	30-12-252	(none)	(none)	Diorite. Door socket. Kurigalzu. In text: Nannar courtyard. Kassite (21). HC113.
	12504	(none)	(none)	(none)	Diorite gate socket. Ur Nammu. Inscription = Brick inscription SAK 186a. HC114.
	16312	(none)	(none)	(none)	Bronze socket. Container for wooden door threshold or possibly for holding wooden bar for bolting a door? [drawing]
	17209	(none)	(none)	(none)	Diorite door-socket. Gimil-sin; the building of the tempe of Annunitum. (SAKI 200, 4(a)).
	17830	(none)	(none)	(none)	Door socket. Diorite. With inscription of Ur-Engur.
	17831	(none)	(none)	(none)	Door socket. Diorite. With inscription of Ur-Engur.
	18168	(none)	(none)	(none)	Door socket. Diorite with inscription of Bur-Sin.
	18300	(none)	(none)	(none)	Gate socket. Diorite. Of Gimil-Sin text partly obliterated.
	18525	(none)	(none)	(none)	Door socket. Diorite. With inscription of Ur-Engur.
	18724A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[DUPLICATE NUMBER] Gate socket. Diorite. Kurigalzu.
	6722B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Door-socket of dGimil-dSin. His own beloved house. Same inscription U.3337. 2 to B. 1 to E. H.C.
	6722C	(none)	(none)	(none)	Door-socket of dGimil-dSin. His own beloved house. Same inscription U.3337. 2 to B. 1 to E. H.C.
	6353D	(none)	(none)	(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]
	6353E	(none)	(none)	(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]
	6353F	(none)	(none)	(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]
	6353G	(none)	(none)	(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]
	(none)	(none)	(none)	(none)	(none)
	901A	(none)	(none)	(none)	(none)
	6354A	(none)	(none)	B16564	(none)
	6354B	(none)	(none)	(none)	(none)
	6357D	(none)	(none)	(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]
	6357E	(none)	(none)	(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]
	6357F	(none)	(none)	(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]
	6357G	(none)	(none)	(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]
	6357H	(none)	(none)	(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]

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