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)
	6357I	(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]
	6357J	(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]
	6364A	(none)	(none)	(none)	(none)
	6364B	(none)	(none)	(none)	(none)
	6364C	(none)	(none)	(none)	(none)
	6364D	(none)	(none)	(none)	(none)
	(none)	(none)	(none)	(none)	[Card Missing]
	(none)	(none)	(none)	(none)	[Card Missing]
	(none)	(none)	(none)	(none)	[Card Missing]
	(none)	(none)	(none)	(none)	[Card Missing]
	(none)	(none)	(none)	(none)	[Card Missing]
	(none)	(none)	(none)	(none)	[Card Missing]
	6357K	(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]
	6357L	(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]
	6357M	(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]
	838	(none)	1923,1110.1	(none)	Basalt hinge-stone. In bad condition. Inscribed with the name of GIMILSIN.
	806	(none)	1923,1110.2	(none)	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.
	295	(none)	1923,1110.3	(none)	Gate socket, Basalt. Inscription on smooth surface, with shoulder below. Records the building of A.A22AG.GA.NI GIG.KISAL[Above] by Bur-Sin I. Copied and transliterated.
	874	(none)	1923,1110.39	(none)	Fragment of Diorite vessel. Ends of 4 lines of a longer inscription. Unintelligible.
	1191	(none)	1924,0920.22	(none)	Large black diorite gate-socket, dedicated in the cult-temple of GIMIL-SIN, king of Ur (3rd Dynasty), by a certain Lugal-magu-rri, patesi of Ur. The inscription of 16 lines is engraved on the upper surface partly surrounding the socket hole.
	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]
	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]
	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]
	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]

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