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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 950 | (none) | (none) | B15322, B15322 | Basalt hinge-stone. Inscribed with name, etc., of KURIGALZU. | |
 | 901A | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| 901 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Basalt impost-stone. Inscription with name, etc., of BURSIN. |
| 900 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Basalt door-socket. In very bad condition. With inscription of KURIGALZU. Reads "To Nannar, his king, Kurigalzu, who is the servant of the sun-god..." (1) Nannar (2) logal-a-ni-ir. (3)(a) Ku-ri-gal-zu. (4) lu arad Babbar-ra?? |
| 874 | (none) | 1923,1110.39 | (none) | Fragment of Diorite vessel. Ends of 4 lines of a longer inscription. Unintelligible. |
| 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. |
| 7830 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Socket. Diorite. UrNammu = 2749 etc. |
| 7818D | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-D] Gate sockets (four). Inscription of Marduk-nadin-ahi. c. 1116-1101. HC.40 |
| 7818C | (none) | (none) | B17244 | [A-D] Gate sockets (four). Inscription of Marduk-nadin-ahi. c. 1116-1101. HC.40 |
| 7818B | (none) | 1928,1009.1 | (none) | [A-D] Gate sockets (four). Inscription of Marduk-nadin-ahi. c. 1116-1101. HC.40 |
| 7818A | (none) | (none) | B17244 | [A-D] Gate sockets (four). Inscription of Marduk-nadin-ahi. c. 1116-1101. HC.40 | |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 6738 | (none) | (none) | B16566, B16566 | Door-socket. To dGimil iluSin King of Ur? etc? his god, (Ni?)-kal-la shakkanak his servant has built his house (shrine, temple?). 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 6703 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Inscribed (d?)En-men-an-na. =Lord of the heavenly crown Pr. Name or name of Nannar? H.C. B. |
| 6364D | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| 6364C | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| 6364B | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| 6364A | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| 6364 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Door-socket of Ur-Nammu. Builder of E nannar Usual inscription. 4 to B. H.C. |
| 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] |
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