Enunmah | TTB | ES
| Context Title: | Enunmah | TTB | ES |
| Context Name (Excavation): | TTB; TTB.W; TTB.ES; TTB.SS; ES |
| Context Name (Publication): | E-nun-mah |
| Context Description: | That its foundation goes back behind the Third Dynasty of Ur is certain, for fragments of walls and pavements in pIano-convex brick (PI. 30a) prove the fact, but of the character of that original structure nothing can be said. Ur-Nammu was responsible for the temple in its existing form; he built it in mud brick, or at any rate made much use of that material, and his work was added to and probably completed by his son Dungi. Bur-Sin replaced with burnt brick the mud-brick walls of his grandfather and Gimil-Sin added further details. The temple was completely overthrown by the Elamites on the occasion of the downfall of Ibi-Sin and under the Isin Dynasty was rebuilt by Gimil-ilishu, who faithfully followed the lines of the Third Dynasty ground-plan. Ishme-Dagan, Nur-Adad, and Sin-idinnam all in turn undertook repairs of its structure and Kudur-Mabug seems to have done some more radical restoration, but his building was destroyed by the Babylonians in the time of Samsu-iluna. It was probably restored after a fashion not much later, but the first actual record of its re-establishment is that of Kuri-Galzu; the Kassite ruler still kept to the original plan, but added a few new features. His building was repaired, without any noticeable alterations, by Marduk-nadin-ahhe in the 11th century B.C. Nebuchadnezzar was the first to tamper seriously with the ancient ground-plan; his reconstruction involved a complete change of character corresponding to a change of ritual in the temple services, and in the temple as he left it the old E-nun-mah is barely recognisable. Nabonidus repaired but does not seem to have modified his predecessor's work. Finally we find, above the Nabonidus level, remains of a further reconstruction which we can attribute only to Cyrus of Persia.1 |
| Context Description: | The building was an almost exact square measuring some 57.00 m. in either direction; its angles were, as usual, orientated to the cardinal points of the compass. It was surrounded by a wall 2.70 m. thick strengthened by double buttresses, of which there were five on each side, and the area thus enclosed was raised to form a platform about 2.00 m. above the level of the ground outside; this wall is fairly well preserved on the NE (v. Pis. 28b., 29b), has suffered a good deal, and is partly masked by subsequent additions in the SE (PI. 29a), could be traced only by its foundations on the SW, where the building has been remodelled, and on the NW it has been completely eradicated by a drain of Nebuchadnezzar. There is a doorway in the SE wall which, however, would seem to have led only into two small chambers having no communication with the rest of the building. In view of the denudation of the walls, which here do not rise above floor level, it is not possible to assert definitely that such communication never existed, but the facts that the wall between rooms 17 and 18 is whereas in almost every other case the doorways can be distinguished even at this level (rooms 8, 9, and 10 are the sole exceptions), and that no hinge-box or doorsocket stone was found here, make the theory of a door hazardous. Probably the real entrance to the building was in the NW front.1 |
| [1] UE6 p.45 |
| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 716 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of tablet. Placed in Packing Case D |
| 719 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Large fragment of large Sumerian account tablet, top left. Date, if any, broken. Placed in Packing Case D. |
| 720 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Nearly complete. Date, broken. Placed in packing case D. | |
| 722 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of clay cone, badly broken. Ends of lines. Duplicate of U.169? Placed in IN/No. 2. Thrown out. |
| 723A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of clay. End signs 7 lines. Unidentified. Thrown away. |
| 723B | 55-30-213 | (none) | (none) | Fragment of clay tablet. End signs y lines. Unidentified. |
| 724 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet, broken. Dated. (2nd year of Aoi-sare, king of Larsa?) Placed in IN/No. 2. |
| 726 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of inscribed terracotta vessel. Trace of 9 lines, illegible. Placed in Packing Case D. |
| 727 | (none) | (none) | (none) | 23 fragments of tablets. Placed in Packing Case D. See U.593. |
| 728 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Bottom half. Dated, but broken, reign of Gungunum. See U.593. |
| 729 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Top. Dated Year when he smote with arms the host of Kish. (11th year Sumu-ilum, King of Larsa). See U.593. |
| 730 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Left side. Dated, broken. See U.593. |
| 731A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-U] Twenty-one fragments. See U.711. |
| 732 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Reverse of tablet, top and left side broken. Dated. Year when Huhnuri was destroyed (7th year of Bur-Sin I) See U.711. |
| 733 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay fragment with 2 seal impressions. See U.711. Placed in IN/No. 8. |
| 734 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay fragment with seal impression of (Im)-gur-Sin, son of Ur-Ninsun servant of Lugalbanda. Duplicate 739 [likely U.739] See U.711. Placed in IN/No. 8. |
| 735 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay fragment. Showing part of 1-figure from seal impression. See U.711. Placed in IN/No. 8. |
| 736 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of seal impression. Showing custon one figure. See U.711. Placed in IN/No. 8. | |
| 737 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Bottom and sides broken off. Dated 14th year of Sume-ilum, King of Larsa. See U.381. |
| 738A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-F] 6 tablets. Placed in same row as U.731. See also 739-40 [likely U.739 and U.740] Placed in Packing Case E |
| 739 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay fragment with seal impression. Showing divine figure standing before altar. 3-line inscription Imgur-Sin, son of Ur-Ninsun son of Lugal-banda and a second impression showing bottom of standing figures. Duplicate of 738. [Presumably U.738] Placed in IN/No. 8. |
| 740 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay fragment with seal impressions. The 1st shows one complete standing figure and one partly broken figure, and one line of a broken inscription. The second has 3-line inscription A-als(ba?) son of En-an-na-du priest of Sin. Placed in IN/No. 8. | |
| 741A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-S] 19 fragments of tablets. Placed in Packing Case B. |
| 742A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-E] 5 fragments of tablets. Placed in Packing Case E. |
| 743 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of seal impression. Northern type, similar to and part of another impression. Placed in IN/No. 8. |
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ur Excavations VI; The Ur III Period | Ur Excavations VI; The Ur III Period | 1974 | Woolley, Leonard | (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) |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur_Notes_v4_p190 | Ur_Notes_v4_p190 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur_Notes_v4_p185 | Ur_Notes_v4_p185 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur_Notes_v4_p184 | Ur_Notes_v4_p184 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur_Notes_v4_p183 | Ur_Notes_v4_p183 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur_Notes_v4_p182 | Ur_Notes_v4_p182 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur_Notes_v4_p181 | Ur_Notes_v4_p181 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur_Notes_v4_p180 | Ur_Notes_v4_p180 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur_Notes_v4_p179 | Ur_Notes_v4_p179 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur_Notes_v4_p178 | Ur_Notes_v4_p178 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur_Notes_v4_p177 | Ur_Notes_v4_p177 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur_Notes_v4_p176 | Ur_Notes_v4_p176 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur_Notes_v4_p175 | Ur_Notes_v4_p175 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur_Notes_v4_p174 | Ur_Notes_v4_p174 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur_Notes_v4_p173 | Ur_Notes_v4_p173 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur_Notes_v4_p172 | Ur_Notes_v4_p172 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur_Notes_v4_p171 | Ur_Notes_v4_p171 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur_Notes_v4_p170 | Ur_Notes_v4_p170 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur_Notes_v4_p169 | Ur_Notes_v4_p169 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur_Notes_v4_p168 | Ur_Notes_v4_p168 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur_Notes_v4_p167 | Ur_Notes_v4_p167 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur_Notes_v4_p166 | Ur_Notes_v4_p166 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur_Notes_v4_p165 | Ur_Notes_v4_p165 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur_Notes_v4_p164 | Ur_Notes_v4_p164 | (none) |
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Sibling Locations
AH Site | AH - City Wall | CLW - DP - Dublalmah | LL - EH Site | EH - Ehursag | HT - EM Site | EM - ESB - FH - Giparu | KP - Great Nanna Courtyard | PD - Harbor Temple - House 34/1 - House 34/2 - House Site - Kassite Fort - KPS Site | KPS - LT - LW - Mausoleum Site | BC - Neo-Babylonian Housing | NH - NNCF - NTB - P/103 - Palace of Bel-Shalti-Nannar | AD - Pit F - Royal Cemetery | PG - SM - Temenos Wall | TW - TTC - XNCF - Ziggurat Terrace | ZT
Child Locations
ES - Room 1 - Room 10 | TTB.16 - Room 11 | TTB.16/17/19 - Room 12 | TTB.16/17 - Room 13 | TTB.19 - Room 14 | TTB.20 - Room 15 | TTB.21 - Room 17 - Room 19 - Room 2 - Room 21 - Room 22 | TTB.31 - Room 23 - Room 25 - Room 3 - Room 32 - Room 33 - Room 34 - Room 35 - Room 36 - Room 5 | TTB.10 - Room 6 - Room 7 - Room 8 | TTB.14 - Room 9 | TTB.13 - TTB
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References
Woolley, Leonard. (1974) Ur Excavations VI; The Ur III Period, Oxford: Oxford University Press.