Context Title: NNCF1     
Context Name (Excavation): North of Nebuchadnezzar's Corner Fort     
Context Description: This area lies beyond (north/northwest of) Nebuchadnezzar's corner fort (NCF) at the west corner of the temenos wall. In seasons 10 and 11 the area was somewhat systematically excavated, initially creating a shallow trench from the northwest terrace and temenos wall almost to the city wall some 100 meters away. According to the 1932 reports, it was "enlarged into a regular excavation covering the area of a number of houses," and this expansion was continued in season 11. Excavations were taken through Persian (mostly surface) level down only a small depth to relatively well preserved house remains of the late Kassite and Neo-Babylonian periods. Many of the houses had graves under their floors. Woolley did not map or record the houses or graves, saying in his Antiquaries Journal report for 1932 (p.390): "They produced no objects of importance, but the graves did yield a certain number of glazed vases, beads and seals." Publication does not do justice to the extent of this excavation area. Only XNCF, a smaller excavation of domestic space along the NW temenos is published in UE8 and that in only a few paragraphs.     
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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)
18139 (none) (none) (none) Clay head of a calf. From a vase: crudely hand-modelled below the head are 2 breasts pierced with holes: the head seems to have been the front of a hemispheric vase.
18144A (none) (none) (none) Beads. A mixed lot. Carnelian, agate, jasper, marble hematite lapis and agate. Mixed shapes: one double tubular; date stamped, tubular, rings etc. Also, a spindle whorl of grey steatite.
18148 (none) (none) (none) Terracotta figurine. Woman nursing an infant. Fragment: from the waist upwards.
18149 (none) (none) (none) Terracotta figurine. Female figure, nude but with wide belt, nursing an infant. Heavy type of face. Fragment, from hips upwards only.
18150 (none) (none) (none) Terracotta figurine. Seated woman with child. Small-size version of common type. Compelte from ankles up.
18151 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Crystal. Rough engraving. Introduction scene with standing god, worshipper and second god and a survivor.
18152A (none) (none) (none) [A] Beads. Carnelian tubular and date shaped, lapis date-shaped and discoid (variant) strung alternately: also 1 yellow stone discoid with them [B-C] 2 silver earring, both broken.
18153 32-40-259 (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian, agate, quartz, lapis and frit date shaped, lapis tubular, carnelian balls, and a circular handled stamp seal of frit with plain criss cross pattern below.
18154A (none) (none) (none) [A-H] Copper bracelets. Eight. Worn four on each arm. Plain penannular rings, square in section.
18155 32-40-327 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Pale amethyst. Warrior in chariot shooting with bow and arrow: a fallen enemy beneath the horse's hooves. Poor cutting.
18164 (none) (none) (none) Terracotta animal head. Crudely hand modelled. It has been applied to a vase: there is no hole for pouring, but it must have been the front of a zoomorphic vessel. In the back the wheel-turning marks are visible, and the soft clay has been pushed out to make the head. [drawing]
18165 (none) (none) (none) Brick. Fragment of. With stamped design thus [reference to drawing]. [drawing]
18166A 32-40-253 (none) (none) Beads. Very small carnelians, date shaped, ring and double conoid, and one or two lapis they made a finger ring. Also 2 silver earrings thus, but broken [reference to drawing that has been excised from catalog card].
18168 (none) (none) (none) Door socket. Diorite with inscription of Bur-Sin.
18173 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Glazed frit, glaze much perished. Winged demon before 2 standards -- a pair of horns and a cone respectively on a pole.
18175 (none) (none) (none) Inscribed cone. Fragment of. From a large cone of the Larsa type: only part of one side of the stem found.
18187 (none) (none) (none) Terracotta relief. Bearded god and goddess seated side by side and embracing. Both wear long flounced and pleated dresses. Poor confition, but complete.
18188 32-40-16 (none) (none) Terracotta figurine. Fragment: head only. Bearded man. Very crude work.
18189 (none) (none) (none) Terracotta figurine. Fragment, from waist upwards. Woman, draped, standing, suckling an infant.
18195 (none) (none) (none) Needle. Bone (the head slightly chipped).
18196 (none) (none) (none) Borer. Bone. Sharpened at both ends. Section roughly circular.
18197 (none) (none) (none) Borer. Bone. Pointed at both ends, but one end chipped. Section roughly circular.
18198 (none) (none) (none) Inlay. Bone. Strip of, decorated with compass - drawn incised circles.
18199A 32-40-47 (none) (none) Clay tables (?) [A-B]. Two: found together. Flat-topped circular three-legged tables with a small hole in the cetner due to a depression underneath. In each case there is underneath a drop of glaze which has fallen on this side and run towards the central hollow. The objects therefore seem to have been used as tripod supports with the 'table-top' downwards as base, which was to be treated with glaze.
18200A (none) (none) (none) [A] Beads. Agate and carnelian dates and flattened dates, carnelian ring, yellow glaze ring, lapis. 13 in all. [B ] Also one gold earring, thus [drawing 1:1]

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Media Media Title Title Label Author Omeka Label
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 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)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur_Notes_v2_p028 Ur_Notes_v2_p028 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur_Notes_v2_p029 Ur_Notes_v2_p029 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur_Notes_v2_p046 Ur_Notes_v2_p046 (none)
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