Giparu | KP
| 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 |
Files
| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2906 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Glazed pot lid. White fist painted with black and yellow small handle-knob and two holes in line of diameter. |
| 2919 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay label with Aramaic name. H.C. [drawing] |
| 3018 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. Fragment: Religious Omina. Neo-Babylonian/Persian. | |
| 3019 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Foundation tablets. Kurigalzu. Limestone. To dNin-BAD-LA, his king, Kurigalzu minister of Enlil, mighty king, king of Sumer and Akkad, king of the 4 regions of the world. The Ga-(bur ), the old house decayed from ancient days, he built, and restored to his place. Same text on Copper U.3022. H.C. |
| 3022 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Foundation tablet. Kurigalzu. Copper. Same text as Limestone tablet U.3019. |
| 3032 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Ur-Engur Door-socket. Common in scripot: builder of E-Nannar. In text: Kassite period(13) |
| 3037 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bur-Sin. Door-socket. Blue stone. Flaking off. To Ningal. Builts Gig-par azag. Duplicate of U.3031. In text: Neo-Babylonian period (8). |
| 3055 | 29-174-15 | (none) | (none) | Pottery jar. Straightish-sided buff jar with shiny lip. | |
| 3059 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gimil-Sin. Door-socket. (Perhaps to Ningal?? But the name of the god is almost illegible) ?Gimil-Sin, beloved of Enlil, king whom Enlil has chosen in his heart, mighty king, king of Ur, king of the 4 regions of the world, (her or his?) house he has built. H.C. |
| 3074 | 29-174-14 | (none) | (none) | Clay pot. Of drab ware with slightly curved sides. Poor quality roughly made. Type CXC (not p). | |
| 3082 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Hematite. 1st Babylonian Dynasty. Two such worshipping figures on either side of the inscription. A-bi i-li-su son of Su-u-ma a-bu-um servant of dNin-sah. [drawing] |
| 3088C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery tumblers. Of buffware with straight sides. Poor quality pot, badly made. Type CXCI (not p) (C) Tall and thin (pinkish).With U.3055, U.3074 fromt solitary grave. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 3158 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Votive stone of Utu-hegal (BC 2350). Fragment diorite. Text: (To Nin-)gal, (beloved wife of) Sin, (his lady), (for) the life, of Utu-hegal, king of Uruk, king of the (4 regions of the world) Ur ( dEngur?) vice [regent] of Ur, (to) the mother of E-gish(-shir)-gal in Ur... utu Hegal, king of the Vth uruk Dynasty before Ur dEngur. H.C. |
| 3172 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Ur-Engur Door-socket. Usual inscription. In text: Kassite period (14) |
| 3252 | (none) | (none) | B16477 | Brick of Kurigalzu. To Nannar, his king, dKurigalzu mighty hero, king of Ur, king of Sumer and Akkad E-kish-shir-gal, his beloved temple, has restored. H.C. in text: Kassite period(13) | |
| 3261 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Ur-Engur Door-socket. Usual inscription. |
| 3267 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cone. Fragment. Construction - with the great cubit of Sin: - of the great outer wall (Kir-mah). King probably Larsa (Warad-Sin or Rim-Sin?) H.C. |
| 3273 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery jar. Buffware jar, large with wheel mark on shoulder. Lip somewhat broken. Type CCVI, =P.120. |
| 3291 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl - Diorite. Fragment. Inscription of: (To the god?) Ri-m(u-us), king of Kish, when (he defeated Elam?) |
| 3292 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragments of bowl. White frit, originally glazed, with picture of gazelle (hind quarters only left) and flowers. |
| 3296 | (none) | (none) | B16485, B16485 | Sin-balatsu-iqbi 1/2 brick. 2 stamps: side and face. Same text as U.3250. Variant 11. 6-7: E An-ki-azag-ga where stands dAzag-sud. H.C. | |
| 3300 | (none) | (none) | B16489, B16489 | Sin-balatsu-iqbi 1/2 brick. 2 stamps: side and face. Same text as U.3250. Variant 11. 6-7: E Ad-gi-gu Shrine dNusku. H.C. |
| 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) |
| Field Photographs | Field Photographs | GN0637 | GN0637 | (none) | |
| Field Photographs | Field Photographs | GN0641 | GN0641 | (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) |
| Ur Excavations VII; The Old Babylonian Period | Ur Excavations VII; The Old Babylonian Period | 1976 | Woolley, L. and M. Mallowan | (none) |
| Ur Excavations VIII; The Kassite Period and the period of the Assyrian Kings | Ur Excavations VIII; The Kassite Period and the period of the Assyrian Kings | 1965 | Woolley, Leonard | (none) |
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Sibling Locations
AH Site | AH - City Wall | CLW - DP - Dublalmah | LL - EH Site | EH - Ehursag | HT - EM Site | EM - Enunmah | TTB | ES - ESB - FH - Great Nanna Courtyard | PD - Harbor Temple - House 34/1 - House 34/2 - House Site - Kassite Fort - KPS Site | KPS - LT - LW - Mausoleum Site | BC - Neo-Babylonian Housing | NH - NNCF - NTB - P/103 - Palace of Bel-Shalti-Nannar | AD - Pit F - Royal Cemetery | PG - SM - Temenos Wall | TW - TTC - XNCF - Ziggurat Terrace | ZT
Child Locations
Giparu | HDB - Giparu | SF - NB/41 | KPG/C - NB/S4 - Ningal Temple | Unit C | A-P 1-8 - P/1 | KPCG/1 - P/2 | KPCG/2 - P/6 | KPG/B - Unit A | A-P 12-17 - Unit B | A-P 8-11
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References
Woolley, Leonard. (1974) Ur Excavations VI; The Ur III Period, Oxford: Oxford University Press.