Context Title: Great Nanna Courtyard | PD     
Context Name (Publication): Great Nannar Courtyard     
Context Name (Excavation): PD     
Context Description: The meaning of this two-letter designation is unclear. It may derive from Woolley's search for Shulgi's palace and may thus stand for Palace of Dungi. Woolley came to realize, however, that it was an enormous courtyard surrounded by rooms, and at times in the excavation it was simply referred to as the Ziggurat Courtyard. The path through the court led to the ziggurat terrace and eventually to the temple atop it. The court was likely a gathering place for special occasions of worship to the moon god (whose name Woolley read Nannar, but which we read today as Nanna). Therefore, Woolley eventually dubbed this space the Great Nannar Courtyard. Area PD is the large space to the east of the ziggurat terrace, substantially lower in elevation than the base of the ziggurat. It had many floors over many periods. It consisted of a large paved courtyard (some 50 x 75 meters) surrounded by rooms that may have been used for storage. Because of indentations in some of the wall faces, Woolley believed there was once an inset wooden colonnade along some of the walls.     
Season Number: 02: 1923-1924      
Season Number: 06: 1927-1928      
Season Number: 07: 1928-1929      

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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)
10641 (none) (none) (none) Tablets, etc. These 10 insribed fragments brought in at the end of the season not yet studied. U.10639 calcite fragment. U.10640 fragment of foundation tablet. U.10641 fragment of inscribed bead. U.10642 fragment of text in writing like Assyrian. U.10643-U.10647 fragments of account tablets. U.10648 seal impression.
10642 (none) (none) (none) Tablets, etc. These 10 insribed fragments brought in at the end of the season not yet studied. U.10639 calcite fragment. U.10640 fragment of foundation tablet. U.10641 fragment of inscribed bead. U.10642 fragment of text in writing like Assyrian. U.10643-U.10647 fragments of account tablets. U.10648 seal impression.
10643 (none) (none) (none) Tablets, etc. These 10 insribed fragments brought in at the end of the season not yet studied. U.10639 calcite fragment. U.10640 fragment of foundation tablet. U.10641 fragment of inscribed bead. U.10642 fragment of text in writing like Assyrian. U.10643-U.10647 fragments of account tablets. U.10648 seal impression.
10644 (none) (none) (none) Tablets, etc. These 10 insribed fragments brought in at the end of the season not yet studied. U.10639 calcite fragment. U.10640 fragment of foundation tablet. U.10641 fragment of inscribed bead. U.10642 fragment of text in writing like Assyrian. U.10643-U.10647 fragments of account tablets. U.10648 seal impression.
10645 (none) (none) (none) Tablets, etc. These 10 insribed fragments brought in at the end of the season not yet studied. U.10639 calcite fragment. U.10640 fragment of foundation tablet. U.10641 fragment of inscribed bead. U.10642 fragment of text in writing like Assyrian. U.10643-U.10647 fragments of account tablets. U.10648 seal impression.
10646 (none) (none) (none) Tablets, etc. These 10 insribed fragments brought in at the end of the season not yet studied. U.10639 calcite fragment. U.10640 fragment of foundation tablet. U.10641 fragment of inscribed bead. U.10642 fragment of text in writing like Assyrian. U.10643-U.10647 fragments of account tablets. U.10648 seal impression.
10647 (none) (none) (none) Tablets, etc. These 10 insribed fragments brought in at the end of the season not yet studied. U.10639 calcite fragment. U.10640 fragment of foundation tablet. U.10641 fragment of inscribed bead. U.10642 fragment of text in writing like Assyrian. U.10643-U.10647 fragments of account tablets. U.10648 seal impression.
10648 (none) (none) (none) Tablets etc These 10 inscribed fragments brought in at the end of the season not yet studied U.10639 calcite fragment U.10640 fragment of foundation tablet U.10641 fragment of inscribed bead. U.10642 fragment of text in writing like Assyrian U.10643-U.10647 fragments of account tablets U.10648 seal impression
11001 (none) (none) (none) Tablet. Large fragment (& apparently a small join) of large tablet (dated) dealing with palm gardens. UR III Dynasty ? (no date) 2 kinds of palms mentioned NB. 2 gates (of Ur?) and a canal named. HC..363.
11053 (none) (none) (none) Tablets. These 12 tablets fragments, brought in at the end of the season from Ziggurat Courtyard ostensibly (perhaps really from DLM?) [U.11053-U.11064] Not yet studied. All are UR III accounts. (except U.11062 ?)
11054 (none) (none) (none) Tablets. These 12 tablets fragments, brought in at the end of the season from Ziggurat Courtyard ostensibly (perhaps really from DLM?) [U.11053-U.11064] Not yet studied. All are UR III accounts. (except U.11062 ?)
11400 (none) (none) B17198 Limestone relief. Fragment of inlay from a frieze. The upper part of a male figure with arms raised holding a pole as if punting a boat.
11651 (none) (none) (none) Tablet. Fragment of large account tablet concerning Wool.
11660 (none) (none) (none) Tablet. Note re barely; for a feast ?? and break of dUDU.
11662 (none) (none) (none) Brick. Sinidinnam RIU=120 111-6, completing 1.5 ibid. cf. whole inscription U.13108. HC 111
11677 (none) 1927,0527.24a (none) Fragment of Statue(?) Diorite inscribed.
11682 (none) (none) (none) Clay sealing. Presentation scene. In front of seated, bearded god (Nannar?) small kneeling figure, facing the worshippers. Crescent above. Inscription En(?)(... ) Du(b-sar) Aradd( ).
11683 (none) (none) (none) Clay sealing. Fragment of 3 lines. of inscription.
1191 (none) 1924,0920.22 (none) Large black diorite gate-socket, dedicated in the cult-temple of GIMIL-SIN, king of Ur (3rd Dynasty), by a certain Lugal-magu-rri, patesi of Ur. The inscription of 16 lines is engraved on the upper surface partly surrounding the socket hole.
12061 (none) (none) (none) Terracotta Amulet. In shape of a human leg & foot. Perforated at top for suspension. [Annotated} Cf. U.16114. [drawing]
12180 (none) (none) (none) Gold Foil binding. Slender Band. In text: Nannar courtyard Kassite (20)
12182 (none) (none) (none) Copper Peg. bent at right angles. Stem is triangular in section and hallowed to form a runnel.
12183 (none) (none) (none) Statuette-Copper dog. Statuette intended for suspension. Perforated hoop at back of neck. Dog is squatting on its haunches and has a twisted collar round neck. On top of head an upstanding band of copper. Dog represented with mouth agape-barking? Assyrian style. See drawing in field notes.
12503 30-12-252 (none) (none) Diorite. Door socket. Kurigalzu. In text: Nannar courtyard. Kassite (21). HC113.
12504 (none) (none) (none) Diorite gate socket. Ur Nammu. Inscription = Brick inscription SAK 186a. HC114.

Media: Great Nanna Courtyard | PD Export: JSON - XML - CSV

Media Media Title Title Label Author Omeka Label
Ur Excavations V: The Ziggurat and its Surroundings Ur Excavations V: The Ziggurat and its Surroundings 1939 Woolley Leonard (none)
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PS - Room 1 - Well no. 1