The National Museum of Iraq

This museum is located in Baghdad, Iraq. It has about half of the objects from Ur.

The National Museum of Iraq is located in Baghdad and contains relics from the Mesopotamian Civilization.  It was closed in 2003 and re-opened in 2015.  This museum has about half of the objects from Ur.  

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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)
16017 (none) (none) (none) Clay cone. Fragmentary: base intact. Sumu-ilu. bulding of Eginabtum (Ur inscription 114) [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
16587 (none) (none) (none) Clay tablet. (reverse missing) Concerning a house adjoining that of En-lil-nada(?) [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
16084 (none) (none) (none) Clay tablet. Commercial. Date: year when Gimil-Sin became king. -Gimil-Sin 1 (SAKI 234) [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
16009 (none) 1953,0411.58 (none) Clay Tablet. business document. Date: Year when Ganhar was laid waste (22 year of Dungi) (SAKI p.230) [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
16077 (none) (none) (none) Clay tablet. Commercial. Date: Year after (...)? [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
16081 (none) (none) (none) Clay tablet. Commercial. Date; Year when Ganhar was laid waste for the second time.- Dungi 29 (SAKI 231) (Text varies from SAKI in word-order) [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
16058A (none) (none) (none) [A-B] 2 Clay tablets (fragments) UET/V:231 [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
16058B (none) (none) (none) [A-B] 2 Clay tablets (fragments) UET/V:231 [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
16593A (none) (none) (none) [A-C] 3 clay tablets.[CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] (A) Fifth year after Isin was conquered Rim-Sin. (B) Sixth year after Isin was conquered Rim-Sin. (C) i.q. (a).
16593C (none) (none) (none) [A-C] 3 clay tablets.[CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] (A) Fifth year after Isin was conquered Rim-Sin. (B) Sixth year after Isin was conquered Rim-Sin. (C) i.q. (a).
16001A (none) (none) (none) [A-C] Clay cones. Half of base missing. Rim-Sin. Temple of Ningishzida. (Base inscribed differently from stem) [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
16001B (none) (none) (none) [A-C] Clay cones. Half of base missing. Rim-Sin. Temple of Ningishzida. (Base inscribed differently from stem) [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
16001C (none) (none) (none) [A-C] Clay cones. Half of base missing. Rim-Sin. Temple of Ningishzida. (Base inscribed differently from stem) [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
16507A (none) (none) (none) [A-D] 4 clay tablets. [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] (A) mu-us-sa 4-kam i-(si)-in ba-(an-ky), inventory of cattle (B) mu^id mu-ba-al, (cf. Rim-Sin (b), SAKI 237, note a ?) (C) no date; (D) no date,
16507C (none) (none) (none) [A-D] 4 clay tablets. [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] (A) mu-us-sa 4-kam i-(si)-in ba-(an-ky), inventory of cattle (B) mu^id mu-ba-al, (cf. Rim-Sin (b), SAKI 237, note a ?) (C) no date; (D) no date,
16507D (none) (none) (none) [A-D] 4 clay tablets. [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] (A) mu-us-sa 4-kam i-(si)-in ba-(an-ky), inventory of cattle (B) mu^id mu-ba-al, (cf. Rim-Sin (b), SAKI 237, note a ?) (C) no date; (D) no date,
16596A (none) (none) (none) [A-E] 5 clay tablets. [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] (A) Fourth ? year after Isin was conquered Rim-Sin; (B) Fourth year after Isin was conquered Rim-Sin; (C) i.q. (A)...Seal; (D) Fifth year after Isin was conquered Rim-sin. (E) no date.
16596D (none) (none) (none) [A-E] 5 clay tablets. [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] (A) Fourth ? year after Isin was conquered Rim-Sin; (B) Fourth year after Isin was conquered Rim-Sin; (C) i.q. (A)...Seal; (D) Fifth year after Isin was conquered Rim-sin. (E) no date.
6258A (none) (none) (none) (A) 1 black stone loom weight (B) 1 black flaked stone fragmentary (C) [C.1-.3] 3 fragments of solid copper from from 10mm to 20mm in thickness. (D) 1 square stone weight rounded at corners. (E-F) 2 broken crystal beads [drawing]
18960A (none) (none) (none) (A) Beads: small gold balls, small carnelian balls, lapis diamonds, crystal rings, paste balls, these restrung as far as possible in original order. There were also small silver balls too perised for stringing. (B) Gold earring, small lunate type (the silver part has perished).
18960B (none) (none) (none) (A) Beads: small gold balls, small carnelian balls, lapis diamonds, crystal rings, paste balls, these restrung as far as possible in original order. There were also small silver balls too perised for stringing. (B) Gold earring, small lunate type (the silver part has perished).
18965A (none) (none) (none) (A) beads; small gold balls, plain and ribbed, small carnelian balls, 2 carnelian date-shaped, 2 tubular and one flattened cone with belached design; one lapis ball. [drawing] (B) Gold earring, small lunate type.
18965B (none) (none) (none) (A) beads; small gold balls, plain and ribbed, small carnelian balls, 2 carnelian date-shaped, 2 tubular and one flattened cone with belached design; one lapis ball. [drawing] (B) Gold earring, small lunate type.
11162A (none) (none) (none) (A) Gaming-board. Set in silver. Shell plaques engraved with lapis borders engraved with animal scenes, except for 2 in rosettes. Only part of it was found, giving in all: 13 plaques of which 6 were still in their setting and 7 loose: these have been reset, those in original order in the top 2 rows, the rest below, and one rosette piece omitted. Orig. W. 120mm(?); plaques 32 x 40mm; 35mm square. With this must go: (B) Gaming pieces, of white shell, square with engraved scenes, in all 9 and one half piece. (C) Gaming pieces, circular, of balck shale with 5 white dots, diam. 25mm, 3 in all. (D) one white disk with blue spot. (E) Small balls of lapis, 8 in all. (F) 23 small white balls (these are perhaps counters)? (G) 3 lapis dice, of usual solid triangle with inlay dots at 2 points. (H) 6 square men, black and white spots. (NB: Some of the gaming pieces B & C were found in Chamber B.) [I] [Not assigned] (J) [J, L-M] 3 slender rods, square in section, of ivory (?) with engraved patterns on one edge and concentric circles on the other. L. 65mm, W. 4mm (K) in the inside of the board (a box) was a complete set of men, 7 white and 7 black, the former with animal scenes, the latter with 5 white dots.
18930G (none) (none) (none) (A) Gold hair-ribbon, spirally twisted, with hole at each end. (B) 2 earrings, gold lunate type intertwined with similar type in copper. [B and H] (C) copper finger ring, spirally wound wire. (D) two copper toe rings.[D and I] (E) beads: carnelian tube, large flat oval agate, gold balls and diamonds, gold ribbed balls , carnelian barrels and balls, carnelian double conoid, lapis double conoid and tubes, agate date-shaped: silver balls, (in original order). (F) copper reticule. (G) copper bowl, type 3.

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