Context Title: Giparu | KP     
Context Name (Excavation): KP; King's Palace     
Context Name (Publication): Gig-par-ku; Giparu; E.GIG.PAR     
Context Description: The excavation area given the abbreviation KP was eventually found to be the site of the ancient building known as the giparu (alternatively e-gig-par or gig-par-ku). Mostly dedicated to the goddess Nin-gal, Nanna's consort, it was also in various periods the residence of the entu priestess. The abbreviation KP, however, stands for King's Palace because Woolley initially thought this might be the site of Shulgi's palace, the ehursag. The giparu was a very long-lived building, though it underwent many changes over many centuries. Most striking were the changes in the Neo-Babylonian period when Woolley shows it combining with the dublalmah to the east. He believed that by this point the building was not sufficient to house the Ningal temple and the entu priestess together, and thus the so-called Palace of Belshaltinannar was constructed outside the temenos specifically to house the priestess herself. At times Woolley refers to the giparu as the Great Ningal Temple, which can be confusing as the Kassite and Neo-Bablyonian Ningal temples had moved onto the ziggurat terrace to the north of the giparu (Area HD). Furthermore, parts of the giparu were excavated under area abbreviations other than KP in season 3 when the full extents of the building were only just coming to light. The northern portion originally carried the abbreviation HDB and the southeastern portion, SF.     
Season Number: 03: 1924-1925      
Season Number: 04: 1925-1926      

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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)
6647H (none) (none) B16437A [A-J] Group of iron arrowheads. E. [drawing on back of card]
6647I (none) (none) B16437 [A-J] Group of iron arrowheads. E. [drawing on back of card]
6647J (none) 1927,0527.124 (none) [A-J] Group of iron arrowheads. E. [drawing on back of card]
3121B (none) (none) (none) [A-G]Pottery jars. Of buff ware, very poor quality and design. Type CXCII. Seven others of this type in group. (B) and (C) Slightly larger than type.
3121A (none) (none) (none) [A-G] Pottery jars. Of buff ware, very poor quality and design. Type CXCII. Seven others of this type in group. (B) and (C) Slightly larger than type.
3121C (none) (none) (none) [A-G] Pottery jars. Of buff ware, very poor quality and design. Type CXCII. Seven others of this type in group. (B) and (C) Slightly larger than type.
3121D (none) (none) (none) [A-G] Pottery jars. Of buff ware, very poor quality and design. Type CXCII. Seven others of this type in group. (B) and (C) Slightly larger than type.
3121E (none) (none) (none) [A-G] Pottery jars. Of buff ware, very poor quality and design. Type CXCII. Seven others of this type in group. (B) and (C) Slightly larger than type.
3121F (none) (none) (none) [A-G] Pottery jars. Of buff ware, very poor quality and design. Type CXCII. Seven others of this type in group. (B) and (C) Slightly larger than type.
6353A (none) 1927,0527.4 (none) [A-G] Door Socket of Ur-nammu. Diorite. To Ningal his lady Ur-Nammu, the mighty man, king of Ur, King of Sumer and Akkad her Gig-par-azag-ga, has built. 4 to E [UPM and BM] 3 to B [Baghdad]
6353B (none) 1927,0527.6 (none) [A-G] Door Socket of Ur-nammu. Diorite. To Ningal his lady Ur-Nammu, the mighty man, king of Ur, King of Sumer and Akkad her Gig-par-azag-ga, has built. 4 to E [UPM and BM] 3 to B [Baghdad]
6353C (none) (none) B16567 [A-G] Door Socket of Ur-nammu. Diorite. To Ningal his lady Ur-Nammu, the mighty man, king of Ur, King of Sumer and Akkad her Gig-par-azag-ga, has built. 4 to E [UPM and BM] 3 to B [Baghdad]
6353D (none) (none) (none) [A-G] Door Socket of Ur-nammu. Diorite. To Ningal his lady Ur-Nammu, the mighty man, king of Ur, King of Sumer and Akkad her Gig-par-azag-ga, has built. 4 to E [UPM and BM] 3 to B [Baghdad]
6353E (none) (none) (none) [A-G] Door Socket of Ur-nammu. Diorite. To Ningal his lady Ur-Nammu, the mighty man, king of Ur, King of Sumer and Akkad her Gig-par-azag-ga, has built. 4 to E [UPM and BM] 3 to B [Baghdad]
6353F (none) (none) (none) [A-G] Door Socket of Ur-nammu. Diorite. To Ningal his lady Ur-Nammu, the mighty man, king of Ur, King of Sumer and Akkad her Gig-par-azag-ga, has built. 4 to E [UPM and BM] 3 to B [Baghdad]
6353G (none) (none) (none) [A-G] Door Socket of Ur-nammu. Diorite. To Ningal his lady Ur-Nammu, the mighty man, king of Ur, King of Sumer and Akkad her Gig-par-azag-ga, has built. 4 to E [UPM and BM] 3 to B [Baghdad]
6743A (none) (none) B16543A [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.
6743B (none) (none) B16543B, B16543A [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.
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.
6743D (none) (none) (none) [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.
6743E (none) (none) (none) [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.
6788A (none) (none) B16436A [A-D broken in 4 pieces] Dagger. Iron. E.
6788B (none) (none) B16436b [A-D broken in 4 pieces] Dagger. Iron. E.
6788C (none) (none) B16436C [A-D broken in 4 pieces] Dagger. Iron. E.
6788D (none) (none) B16436D [A-D broken in 4 pieces] Dagger. Iron. E.

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Field Photographs Field Photographs GN0637 GN0637 (none)
Field Photographs Field Photographs GN0641 GN0641 (none)
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