Context Title: ES     
Context Name (Publication): E-nun-mah     
Context Name (Excavation): Enunmah South; Emuriana Site     
Context Description: The abbreviation ES almost certainly stands for Enunmah South, though it may also have to do with the building called Emuriana, referenced in a disturbed Kassite door socket found in the area. Legrain lists ES as the Egigpar of Nabonidus, SW end, and ES, or at least ESB did extend into the later remains of the Dublalmah, which at that time was part of the NeoBabylonian Giparu. The abbreviation ES first appeared in season one as a supplement to Trial Trench B (TTB.ES) when the trench was expanded to reveal the extents of the building found to be called E-nun-mah. In season 3, the abbreviation shortened simply to ES, used for the majority of the enunmah building. The Enunmah changed in layout and likely in usage through the many centuries of its existence. Initially a storage building called the ga-nun-mah, it seems to have been used as a temple, the e-nun-mah, in the Neo-Babylonian period. Some lists of excavation abbreviations equate ES with the Dublalmah site. This is because the southern Enunmah is just east of the Dublalmah. Area ESB is still more closely associated with the eastern edge of the dublalmah and likely into it.     
Season Number: 03: 1924-1925      Begun in season 1 as TTB, extended to TTB.ES, then only ES in season 3

Objects: ES Export: JSON - XML - CSV

Object U Number Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) Museum Number (BM Registration Number) Museum Number (UPM B-number) Description (Catalog Card)
2758 (none) (none) (none) Kudurru. Property: House of Sin-she-me Column I - 28 lines - Almost all defaced. Column II - 28 lines - [curses] good. Column III - 15 lines - half defaced. (Celephon. Illegible) Cassite period. Found with U.2760. H.C.
3143 (none) 1927,1003.252 (none) Inlay fragment. Chevron of fine lapis. [drawing 1:1]
2793 (none) (none) (none) Gold strip. Narrow strip of thin metal rolled up.
2960 (none) (none) (none) Fragment of tablet. Comptability? 7 pa ni-sig-gi-a. Seal impression of Ur dTu-nun( ) Scribe. Son of Ur?. Gilgamesh and Eabani fight with the lion and bull.
3167 (none) (none) (none) Fragment of bronze inlay. From scene with Ea, representing river.
3070 (none) (none) (none) Flint arrowhead. Finely chipped, toothed head. [drawing 1:1]
2920 (none) 1927,1003.240 (none) Eye from figurine. Shell with pupil of lapis lazuli. [drawing 1:1]
2770 (none) (none) (none) Diorite statue of Dungi. Small inscribed fragment. andof (?)Simu(ru?). Dungi mighty hero, king of Ur, king of the 4 regions of the world, dNin-sun of Ur (to her?) he (built or presented??) Two round holes for small copper rivets have been bored in the inscription. One still filled with copper. H.C.
3102 (none) (none) (none) dGimil-Sin Door-socket. Of shrine erected by Lugal ma-gur-ri patesi of Ur. Same inscription: U.2673.
2915 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Paste - About BC 700 [drawing]
2796 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Martu period. About BC 2100. [drawing]
2849 (none) (none) (none) Copper weight. Conical. Type IV. [drawing 1:1]
3065 (none) (none) (none) Copper nail. Short stem and exceptionally broad head. Stem bent to one side. [drawing 1:1]
2963 (none) (none) (none) Copper dog. Face gilded. [drawing 1:1]
2889 (none) (none) (none) Copper bolt. Ornamental with gilded head. [drawing 1:1]
3109 (none) 1927,1003.38 (none) Cone of Libit-Ishtar. Fragment. Same inscription: U.4, U.74. SAKI p.204.
2794 (none) (none) (none) Cone of Kudur Mabug. Text complete round stem (head is missing.) H.C.
2801 (none) 1927,1003.17 (none) Cone of Kudur Mabug. Only the stem, one section badly broken. To nannar his king He gives details on 10) restoration of Ebar-ra;, 20) Door of the great gate of Larsa, 80) peace to all inhabitants, 40) Ur and Larsa abide in? for his life and that of Warad-Sin his son, king of Larsa: he, 10) in the ( ) ki-temen, the place of his joy he introduced ( 1, 20) it stood in front of the god, 30) the e-sa-kalamma (house peace of the land) it is established... For which he expects protection from Nannar and Ningal... H.C.
2895 (none) (none) (none) Clay vase. Buffware, with wide lip. Lip broken. Type CXXIV, =L.131. =P.85
2777 (none) (none) (none) Clay tablet. Unbaked. Oberse: defaced. Reverse: Two lines partly defaced, written in the length, refers to inspection of foundation? (u-si-si u-ti) H.C.
2949 (none) (none) (none) Clay tablet. Receipt. Date: When the priest of Ninni (?) was appointed by signs
2926 (none) (none) (none) Clay tablet. Neo-Babylonian. Small fragments missing. 3 incantations formulae laid in the boxes of the pavement at the entrance of the door. H.C.
3010 (none) (none) (none) Clay tablet. Neo-Babylonian. School text. Syllabary.
2997 (none) (none) (none) Clay tablet. Neo-Babylonian. Letter: Ana dNin-azu( ) ah-ia Sin-su-lum-ka libbi il-li-li?
2998 (none) (none) (none) Clay tablet. Neo-Babylonian. Letter (short note): Ul-tu um l(kam a-di)

Media: ES Export: JSON - XML - CSV

Media Media Title Title Label Author Omeka Label
Ur Excavations VI; The Ur III Period Ur Excavations VI; The Ur III Period 1974 Woolley, Leonard (none)
Ur Excavations IX; The Neo-Babylonian and Persian Periods Ur Excavations IX; The Neo-Babylonian and Persian Periods 1962 Woolley, L. and Mallowan, Max (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur_Notes_v2_p030 Ur_Notes_v2_p030 (none)
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ES.6