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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 10105A | (none) | (none) | B92838 | Clay Cone. [A-B] Two fragments duplicates of Libit-Ishtar, =U.4, re. Giving first column (cf. U.10, U.137 = second column) [C]Another, including on head nearly complete (from house site top rubbish). Column 2 1L ends with ma-ka (cf U.10137). [D]Another fragment [E]Another fragment |
| 11703 | (none) | (none) | B8547b | Copper Bowl. Oval in pretty good condition. Corroded on to it, in the inside, are a copper lamp and a hemispherical copper bowl. |
| 9334A | (none) | (none) | B17805 | Silver vases Spouted (A) In remarkably good condition, but the spout has been bent back touching the rim. (B) Exactly similar, but the lower part is broken and badly warped |
| 8222 | (none) | (none) | B17187 | Cockle shells. Five, containing paint. [4 shells under this number in UPM?] |
| 10896A | (none) | (none) | B17072E | [A-B] 2 Silver Tumblers Fluted one intact one broken Exactly like U.10892 [type] LXVI |
| 10896B | (none) | (none) | B17072 | [A-B] 2 Silver Tumblers Fluted one intact, one broken Exactly like U.10892 |
| 10930 | (none) | (none) | B16707 | Gold Bowl. Oval. With slight rim, elliptical raised base, and double ribs at either and running from base to rim; in the middle of each side, just below the rim, a handle attached for a wire handle (missing) made of two short vertical and gold tubes. Slightly distorted. | |
| 6743C | (none) | (none) | B16543C | [A-E] Bricks of Enannatum. The usual stamp (U.2569) has a variant 1.2: En-sal-me-nunuz-zid dNannar. the pure zirru priest of Nannar (cf. SAKI. P.206 note [illegible]) One 1/2 to B. 4 wholes to B. | |
| 655A | (none) | (none) | B14974 | Fragment of a bowl with fine white limestone, virtually marble; rather more than 1/2 preserved. Flat base. (below) RC.19L. [drawing] | |
| 1 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay Cone. Inscribed. |
| 2 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cone. Base of. Inscribed. [Annotated] King's name broken off. Placed in IN/No. 2 Ur Texts I: R.I.135 |
| 4 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cone. Upper part. Inscribed. [Annotated] Libit-Ishtar. Duplicate of SAKI 204/3 [Annotated] Duplicates - 74. Sumerian inscription of Libit-Ishtar recording of his building of E-gipar, the residence of the high priest in Ur. Inscr. duplicate of clay, Miscell. Inscr. no. 27. Ur TextsI: R.1.106. Placed in IN/No.5 |
| 12A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay pot. Coarse yellow-drab clay, wheelmade, round base. Broken. Type III (v.) |
| 12B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [This U number not assigned in field] |
| 26 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. In very bad condition. Inscribed [Annotated] illegible. Votive tablet dedicated to a goddess, dNin-a-[drawing of cuneiform], by Lu-dug(ga) for the life of A-annipada. [Annotated] =Al Obeid book Plate 1x Placed in IN/No.2. |
| 28 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone plumb-bob. of fine greyish-white limestone. [drawing 1:1] |
| 30 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of clay circular tablet. (school exercise type) [drawing]. [Annotated] Placed in IN/No 2 | |
| 39 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay figurine. [drawing 1:1] |
| 58A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Bronze bowls, 2. Much crushed and broken, and completely oxidized,. Roughly hemispherical. |
| 58B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Bronze bowls, 2. Much crushed and broken, and completely oxidized,. Roughly hemispherical. |
| 74 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cone. Inscribed. Upper part. Lower part broken off in antiquity. [Annotated] Duplicate of U.4. [Annotated] Ur Texts I: R.1.106 [Annotated] Placed in IN/No.5. |
| 76A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-BQ] 64 tablets and fragments of tablets, numbering in all 15-20 tablets of the contract type, Persian period, mostly dated in the reign of Ataxerxes. A single hoard in burnt stratum near surface, near a large pot. [BR-BX]+7 tablets and fragments of the same hoard in the small box. [BY]+1 fragment from the same hoard placed in the small box |
| 88 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay pot. Pinkish drab clay, wheelmade. Type XI. |
| 139 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Lapis lazuli. Fr of inlay. Apparently hair. [drawing 1:1] |
| 152 | (none) | (none) | (none) | String of beads. Red transluscent pebble, small barrels. 25 in all: found scattered and strung together. |
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