Socket
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 293 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gate socket. Limestone. Inscription of Kurigalza, badly damaged. Copied. |
| 294 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gate socket. Inscription of Ur-Engur. Illegible |
| 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. |
| 421 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Basalt hinge-socket of GIMIL ILISHU. |
| 423 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Basalt hinge-socket of UR-ENGUR. |
| 424 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Basalt hinge-socket of UR-ENGUR. The stone had been cut down and re-used between the Nebuchadnezzar and the Persian periods: its connection with the door was not certain. |
| 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. |
| 838 | (none) | 1923,1110.1 | (none) | Basalt hinge-stone. In bad condition. Inscribed with the name of GIMILSIN. |
| 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?? |
| 901 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Basalt impost-stone. Inscription with name, etc., of BURSIN. |
| 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. |
| 1208 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Massive brick diorite gate-socket, with 8 lines, inscription of Kurigalzu. |
| 1357 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gate socket of Ur-Nammu, with inscription duplicate of the bricks from the Ziggurat. SAKI p.186a. |
| 1663 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gate socket, (sandstone?) with traces of an almost completely obliterated inscription probably of Kurigalzu. |
| 1727 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Black stone, of irregular shape, broken, probably part of a gate socket. On a smoothed surface is a 8 line inscription of Bur-Sin, king of Ur, recording his building of a ge-par for the goddess Nin-gal. |
| 2673 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Door-socket of dGimil-dSin, beloved of Enlil, the king whom Enlil has chosen as the delight of his heart, the mighty king, king of Ur, king of the 4 regions of the world, his god, Lugal-ma-gur-gur-ri, the commandment of the fortress, patesi of Ur, his servant has built his beloved temple. (Another example in Berlin VA.3302) |
| 2674 | (none) | 1927,1003.60 | (none) | Door-socket of Sin-balatsu-iqbi (time of Ashurbanapal) shakkanak (vice regent) of Ur son of Ningal-iddinna. Restoration of Elemen-ni-gur. In particular of the gate-way to Esag-dili (the Ziggurat). The gate was built in the middle of the terrace of the temenos, on the procession way (! e hal-la-ta du-a). The door was of boxwood, fixed with bronze pegs in massive walls, had a gold USH, a silverlock, silver plated bronze binding (?). See notes. H.C. |
| 2675 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Door-socket of Ur-Engur with the usual inscription: UrdEngur, king of Ur who has built the temple of Nannar? |
| 2736 | (none) | 1927,1003.3 | (none) | Door-socket of Ur-Engur. Text: To Innina, the great lady, his lady, Ur dEngur, the mighty heero, king of Ur, king of Sumer and Akkad, Es-bur her beloved house he has built. Es = shrine, house. Bur = pot, vase H.C. |
| 2749A | (none) | (none) | (none) | (A) Diorite Door-socket.; (B) Copper pole shoe} Both same inscription: Ur Engur, king of Ur, who has bult the house of Nannar. in text: 3rd Dynasty Terrace (13) |
| 2749B | (none) | (none) | (none) | (A) Diorite Door-socket.; (B) Copper pole shoe} Both same inscription: Ur Engur, king of Ur, who has bult the house of Nannar. in text: 3rd Dynasty Terrace (13) |
| 2750 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Door-socket of Ur Engur. ?king of Ur, who has built the house of Nannar. |
| 2753 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Door-socket of Kurigalzu. Surface recut on an older (Ur Engur?) Door-socket and partly destroyed. (To Nan)nar, his (king), (Ku)-ri-gal-(zu), (shak)-kanak of En(lil), the (E)-kis-sir-gal [his erased] ( ) [of erased] his [wall erased] (? written ki-bad-a-ni), he built... Usual lecture w: e-ki-ag-a-ni: his beloved house. H.C. |
| 2768 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Door-socket of Ur-Engur king of Ur who built the house of Nannar. |
| 2771 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Door-socket. Ur-Engur. Bluish stone (flakes easily) usual inscription. In text: 3rd Dynasty Terrace(12) |
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