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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 16169 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Vase. Apple green glazed baked clay. |
| 17137 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief. Seated draped goddess holding patera or wreath. (A) Fragment missing below waist. [drawing 1:1] |
| 16109A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta Relief. Nude woman with hands clasped over breast, hair-in close- set parallel waves. Good modelling. Type III c.z. (A) Fragment broken away at hips: good impression; (B) Fragment broken away at hips good impression; (C) Fragment almost identical but from a slightly larger mould, fragment broken off at waist. |
| 15737 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta Head. PUZUZU in 3/4 relief. Fine specimen. |
| 16445B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta Figurines. Mother & child: Type V.3, (A) Head missing, poor condition, complete; (B) From larger mould, but same type, head missing, complete; (C) from larger mould, but same type, head missing; (D) Complete; (E) Complete; (F) Head missing, poor cast; (G) Complete, bad impression; (H) Head missing; (J) Complete; (K)Complete (different mould) (L) Complete (same as mould K); (M) Fragment head and base missing; (N) Probably similar, but from larger mould, only upper part to arm preserved. (O) complete, poor impression; (P) Head missing; (Q) Head missing; (R) Complete; (S) Complete; (T) Complete. |
| 16445C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta Figurines. Mother & child: Type V.3, (A) Head missing, poor condition, complete; (B) From larger mould, but same type, head missing, complete; (C) from larger mould, but same type, head missing; (D) Complete; (E) Complete; (F) Head missing, poor cast; (G) Complete, bad impression; (H) Head missing; (J) Complete; (K)Complete (different mould) (L) Complete (same as mould K); (M) Fragment head and base missing; (N) Probably similar, but from larger mould, only upper part to arm preserved. (O) complete, poor impression; (P) Head missing; (Q) Head missing; (R) Complete; (S) Complete; (T) Complete. |
| 17138A | 31-43-328 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta demon's head in very high relief. (A) Almost complete = good impression. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 15653 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. List of objects of wood: & totals. HC1050. |
| 16002 | (none) | 1931,1010.3 | (none) | Stone stela. Fragment of lower part of black shale stela, with rough and for insertion in stand, and bas of raised frame, containing an inscription of 1 column, 10 lines. All sculpture missing. Naram-Sin. HC.UET 8/2 (hand Copied by Legrain) [CARD MISSING: information from later typed transcription] |
| 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] | |
| 16117 | 31-43-66 | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Mauve chalcedony(?) Concial-suspended by copper wire. Roughly engraved with figure of a man. [drawing] | |
| 16218 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Chalcedony. Facetted conoid. Below: an adorant before an altar. Persian [drawing 1:1] |
| 16113 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Scaraboid seal. Yellow glazed frit. [drawing 1:1] |
| 16209 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Scaraboid seal. Paste (bleached white). Design thus. [drawing 1:1] |
| 16176 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Scaraboid seal. Lapis lazuli. Palm tree. |
| 15807 | (none) | 1930,1213.144 | (none) | Scaraboid seal. Glazed. [drawing 1:1] |
| 16210 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Scaraboid seal. Dark steatite. Design thus. [drawing 1:1] |
| 16120 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Scaraboid seal. Dark green glazed frit. Engraved with crescent moon and squatting man. [drawing] | |
| 15793 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Scaraboid seal. Glazed. [drawing 1:1] |
| 16131 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Rectangular lead plaque. [Additional note on back of card, possibly worker names] [drawing 1:1] |
| 16207 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Glazed pot. Persian period. Type 258. =188P. TA. [drawing] |
| 16203 | 31-43-612 | (none) | (none) | Glazed pot. Blue glaze, much decayed, with grooved decoration. Persian period. Type 671 = 107P. [drawing] | |
| 16123 | (none) | 1931,1010.34 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. 2 registers. Above: presentation scene - 3 standing figures. Below: geese(?). |
| 16150 | (none) | 1931,1010.53 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Baked clay. Squatting monkey(?) bull, crescent moon .=L.622 [Typology?] Legrain puts seals 460-573 as Isin-Larsa. Numbers below 403 back to 270 as IIIrd Dynasty. |
| 15777 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Baked clay. |
| 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) |
| Ur Excavations VI; The Ur III Period | Ur Excavations VI; The Ur III Period | 1974 | Woolley, Leonard | (none) |
| Ur Excavations VII; The Old Babylonian Period | Ur Excavations VII; The Old Babylonian Period | 1976 | Woolley, L. and M. Mallowan | (none) |
- 4 Media
Sibling Locations
CLW Graves - Kassite Graves - Larsa Graves - Neo-Babylonian Graves - Persian Grave - Rim Sin Temple | RS
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Context
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.