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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1404 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Glass fragment. White surface, with blue-grey leaf pattern. Probably from bottle. In text, see U.1359 [drawing 1:1] |
| 1487 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Crystal. Four-winged deity carrying a sickle and facing him a winged bull erect; a cross between their feet. In text: see U.1359 etc. |
| 1515 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Large clay cone. Nearly complete, but surface damaged. Inscription of Warad-Sin, king of Larsa, duplicate of U.1200, etc. |
| 1516 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cone. Ur-Nammu, commemorating his construction of the canal of Ur. |
| 1547 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Duck Weight. White limestone. (Weathered0 Type VI |
| 1595 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Base of cone of Ur-Nammu, with remains of inscription fuplicate of U.872. |
| 1621 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet. Pig's head. Pierced between ears for suspension. [drawing 1:1] |
| 1623 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper harpoon. Hollow socketed, with chisel point, and barb; complete. [drawing 1:1] |
| 1633 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Part of base and stem of baked clay cone of Rim-Sin, king of Larsa, recording his building of a temple to the Moon-god. Duplicate, with small variants, of U.781. |
| 1663 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gate socket, (sandstone?) with traces of an almost completely obliterated inscription probably of Kurigalzu. |
| 1714 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Duck weight. Yellow stone. Type VI. |
| 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. |
| 2509 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet. White shell. Lion? Or bull? Roughly carved. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2531 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Carved shell head. Male, shaven. Neck pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2557 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. Letter Unto Nabu-sag-ga, so speaks?. x his brother: Na-dug son of Ma-kam(?) ?unto the 5 brothers, ?son of Makam, ? ki-ma son of the calker (Ad-kib), he has brought Neo-Babylonian Period? 10 lines writing. H.C. |
| 2566E | (none) | (none) | (none) | Baked brick of ISHME-DAGAN. Fragment. Ishme-Dagan, who takes care of Nippur, who exalts the head of Ur, the .... of Eridu, the lord of Uruk, the powerful king, (king of Isin, king of Sumer and Akkad, the beloved husband of the goddess Ninni Only lines 1 to 7 are preserved. c. BC 2110. |
| 2566F | (none) | (none) | (none) | Baked brick of ISHME-DAGAN. Fragment. Ishme-Dagan, who takes care of Nippur, who exalts the head of Ur, the .... of Eridu, the lord of Uruk, the powerful king, (king of Isin, king of Sumer and Akkad, the beloved husband of the goddess Ninni Only lines 1 to 7 are preserved. c. BC 2110. |
| 2569B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Baked Brick. Stamp of "En-an-na-tum, the beloved pries of Nannar, High priest of Nannar, in Ur, son of Ishme-Dagan, King of Sumer and Akkad" (6 lines). Ishme-Dagan, king of Isin about BC 2100 |
| 2569C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Baked Brick. Stamp of "En-an-na-tum, the beloved pries of Nannar, High priest of Nannar, in Ur, son of Ishme-Dagan, King of Sumer and Akkad" (6 lines). Ishme-Dagan, king of Isin about BC 2100 |
| 2573 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pin. White stone. Point missing. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2590 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Duck weight. Granite. Type VI. |
| 2605 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery fragment. Buff clay, inscribed with couchant lion. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2616 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. About BC 702. Contract - Fragment. Dated: 11th of Kislinu, on the 22nd year of (Marduk-) apal-iddin mar ridutu. Tablet of Nabu shaumm-iddina son of Ah-bu-shi of Ur, several witnesses, the experts (mudanie) and the scribe. H.C. |
| 2638 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pot fragment. Marble, with him in low relief, standing on brick pavement. [drawing 1:2] |
| 2646 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Duck weight. greyish stone. Type VI. |
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