Nin-Giz-Zida Temple | Nin-Ezen Temple | NT
| Context Title: | Nin-Giz-Zida Temple | Nin-Ezen Temple | NT |
| Context Name (Publication): | Nin-Gish-Zida Temple; Nin-Giz-Zid-Da Temple; Nin-Ezen Temple |
| Context Name (Excavation): | NT; Nebuchadnezzar's Temple |
| Context Description: | The excavation area abbreviation NT refers to a successive series of small temples built very near the city wall in the southwestern portion of Ur. The temple nearest the surface was that built in the Neo-Babylonian period and attributable to the reign of Nebuchadnezzar. The excavation area abbreviation NT actually stands for Nebuchadnezzar's temple. No Persian period temple was found here but Persian burials infringed on the building (see area NTB). Beneath the Neo-Babylonian temple Woolley discovered another, similar temple of the Kassite period. This one seemed to have two phases of construction, one phase attributable to the reign of Kurigalzu. Beneath this sat another temple of the Isin-Larsa/Old Babylonian period, also with two phases. One of these dated to the reign of Rim Sin and the other to that of Sin-Iddinam. Yet another temple sat beneath, but this one was very fragmentary and difficult to map. It likely belonged to the Ur III period but little could be discerned. Inscribed clay cones found in the Larsa levels give the name of the building as E-ni-gi-na and state that Rim-Sin restored this temple dedicated to Nin-gish-zida. Inscriptions in other levels show that this deity was honored here throughout the time periods but that Nin-Ezen (Ningizzida's consort) was also honored here in a kind of double shrine. Woolley suggested that another temple to Nin-Ezen appeared in the temenos area (see area SM) and that Ningizzida was the primary deity for this smaller temple in the southern city. |
| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 16137A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Pair of scaraboid seals. Glaze paste. |
| 16137B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Pair of scaraboid seals. Glaze paste. |
| 16140A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Pair. Scaraboid seals. Frit. |
| 16140B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Pair. Scaraboid seals. Frit. |
| 16142 | 31-43-133 | (none) | (none) | Beads: lapis paste double conoids: glazed frit double conoids; 1 amethystine quartz concial bead. [drawing] | |
| 16169 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Vase. Apple green glazed baked clay. |
| 16176 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Scaraboid seal. Lapis lazuli. Palm tree. |
| 16202 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bracelets. heavy type with broken ends. Persian period. [drawing] |
| 16203 | 31-43-612 | (none) | (none) | Glazed pot. Blue glaze, much decayed, with grooved decoration. Persian period. Type 671 = 107P. [drawing] | |
| 16204 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze Fibula. Persian period. Type 4.[drawing 1:1] |
| 16205 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: Dark steatite scaraboid, on the base a scorpion roughly drawn. Glazed scarab (glaze gone); and some glazed lentoid beads, one of pink pebble, one crystal bead & a big hematite ball bead. [drawing] |
| 16206 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Arrowhead, bronze, 3-flanged, type L. UET V: 324 FOR 16206E) |
| 16207 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Glazed pot. Persian period. Type 258. =188P. TA. [drawing] |
| 16208A | 31-43-510A | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Bracelets, pair, copper. Rectangular section the ends floriate. Thus. [drawing] | |
| 16209 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Scaraboid seal. Paste (bleached white). Design thus. [drawing 1:1] |
| 16210 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Scaraboid seal. Dark steatite. Design thus. [drawing 1:1] |
| 16211 | 31-43-1 | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Pink limestone. In the form of a recumbent calf; on the flat back a rough design of 2 animals done with drill-holes and engraved lines. This is an early Sumerian piece which is found ina Persian period grave, and must have been an antiquity. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 16212 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: A mixed lot of paste, carnelian, agate, jasper, cats eye, crystal, breccia, sard, hematite, lapis, copper, amethyst. Order not kept. |
| 16213 | 31-43-146 | (none) | (none) | Beads: A large number of rather irregularly shaped balls of banded green & yellow glaze, well preserved: larger ball beads of glass paste, dark blue with white veinings or plain blue: and a few smaller glass beads (clour gone) either bugles or..., these apprantly of yellow glaze; originally a very poor string. With these a scarab of pale blue glazed frit, fairly realistic. [drawing] | |
| 16214 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl, miniature limestone. With a solid knob projection (broken), and decoration of rosette on base & godroons on sides. [drawing] |
| 16217A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: (A) small gold lunate earring. (B) Glazed frit scaraboid; (C) A few beads, carnelian, lapis glaze, mixed shapes. Persian period. |
| 16218 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Chalcedony. Facetted conoid. Below: an adorant before an altar. Persian [drawing 1:1] |
| 16219A | 31-43-165B | (none) | (none) | [A] Fibula, bronze. Slender type. Pin broken: with it [B] 11 beads of carnelian, lapis, agate, band sard. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 16285 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: mostly amethyst. 4 facetted flattened lentoids, with these some squares of banded sard, small carnelian balls and some paste and shell rings, and a crescent-shaped pendant of agate. For order see Field Notes. |
| 16286A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-G] Group from one grave: [A] (1) Small green glazed bottle, Type LXXXVIII; [B-C] (2) Pair copper bracelets with ends; [D] (3) Copper finger ring with flat bezel; [E] (4) Sard scaraboid incised; [F] (5) Carnelian scaraboid engraved; [G] (6) 2 carnelian & one green glazed ball beads; [H-I] (7) 2 slender copper pins with the ends turned over (or point of one pin broken). |
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
| Ur Excavations VII; The Old Babylonian Period | Ur Excavations VII; The Old Babylonian Period | 1976 | Woolley, L. and M. Mallowan | (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 VI; The Ur III Period | Ur Excavations VI; The Ur III Period | 1974 | Woolley, Leonard | (none) |
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Sibling Locations
CLW Graves - Kassite Graves - Larsa Graves - Neo-Babylonian Graves - Persian Grave - Rim Sin Temple | RS
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Ur > City Wall | CLW > Nin-Giz-Zida Temple | Nin-Ezen Temple | NT
References
Woolley, Leonard. (1974) Ur Excavations VI; The Ur III Period, Oxford: Oxford University Press.