Context Title: Northeast     
Context Name (Publication): Northeast part of fort     
Context Description: The northeast part of Nebuchadnezzar's Fort in the western angle of the Temenos     

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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)
17853 32-40-435, 32-40-435 (none) (none) Limestone fragment. Flaked off from a curved drum with inscription (nearly completed). --To Amurru; His God; (for) life; Warad-Sin; King of Larsa
17854A (none) (none) (none) [A] Terracotta head of a cow . Crudely hand modelled broken off at shoulders. B) With this, a fragment of the hind-quarters and tail possibly of the same animal. Kassite.
17855 (none) 1932,1008.254 (none) Terracotta head of a ram? Crudely hand modelled. Broken off at the shoulders. Kassite.
17958 (none) 1932,1008.169 (none) Cylinder seal. Glazed frit. Kneeling man shooting many antlered gazelle.
18109A (none) (none) (none) Bone inlay. 4 flat pieces of bone incised with rows of concentric circles [A-D] (D. 10mm)= each has 2 holes for attachment. (A) With 2 rows of circles. (B) With 1 row of holes. (C and D) Like B, but both broken. Persian period.
18113A (none) (none) (none) Beads [A]. Agate elliptical and date shaped, marble elliptical, carnelian date-shaped, carnelian tubular and ball shaped and long double conoid, shaped agate, facetted eliptical in carnelian, blue glaze disk. [drawing] [B-C] Also, scraps of gold foil. [D-E] Also 2 bone spindle whorl.
18114 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. A standing god and goddess: a small nude female figure, 2 dogs (?) and another animal and 3 columns and inscription.
18115 (none) (none) (none) Beads. 1 malachite cylinder, 2 white calcite rhomboids, 1 cylinder seal, grey steatite, much defaced, with seated goddess and 2 standing figures and traces of 2 columns of inscription: cylinders of shell, steatite, pine limestone, some originally with figures but all defaced, eliptical beads of white calcite, agate, biconvex rectangles, square section tubular red limestone, black stone discoid, carnelian date-shaped, glass ball, and one limestone disk with crudely incised design thus [reference to drawing]. [drawing]
18120A (none) (none) (none) [A] Beads. Carnelian balls and rings and tubular steatite cylinders and date-shaped. Carnelian eliptical, calcite eliptical jasper (?) biconvex square, hematite pear pendant, flattened rough pebble pendant and a few large paste beads, much decayed also. [B] 1 very small gold lunate earring. [C-D] 2 small silver earrings and [drawing] [E-F] two plain silver rings.
18129 (none) (none) (none) Glazed figure of a bearded (?) man in long plain drapery, the hands clasped below the breast. Head missing. Made of reddish clay covered with a fairly thick greenish-blue glaze now mostly bleached white.
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.
18140 (none) 1935,0113.453 (none) Beads. Shell tubular, with spacer (poor).
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.
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.
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].
18174 (none) 1932,1008.168 (none) Cylinder seal. Glazed frit -- the glaze perished. Rampant goat (?) and dragon.
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.
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]
17854B (none) (none) (none) [A] Terracotta head of a cow . Crudely hand modelled broken off at shoulders. B) With this, a fragment of the hind-quarters and tail possibly of the same animal. Kassite.
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House 4 - NNCFG/1 - Room C6 - Southwest

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