TTD
| Context Title: | TTD |
| Context Name (Excavation): | Trial Trench D |
| Context Name (Publication): | Royal Cemetery Area |
| Context Description: | TTD is shorthand for Trial Trench D, one of two initial trenches dug in season 5 to extend TTA from season 1. Woolley dug TTD and TTE to search for graves in what he believed was a potentially vast cemetery. Neither of these trenches were ever mapped and no aerial photos show them, as by the time of the 1930 RAF photograph the trial trenches had been so extended that most of the Royal Cemetery area had already been exposed. Luckily, Woolley's field records allow us to reconstruct the direction and extents of the trench. He states that it ran from the head (northeast end) of TTA and extended southeastward to the east corner of the Neo-Babylonian temenos wall, making it about 65 meters in length. Though he does not tell us its width it is likely that it was about 4 meters, the same as the measurable trial trenches A, B, and C. TTD did not reveal much, but it was only excavated to a depth of around 2 meters. As Woolley reports in the Antiquaries Journal volume 7 page 1: "The trench to the temenos angle produced no sign of buildings, but for the greater part of its length a floor of beaten mud, lying about 1.75 m. below the present surface, at which level we stopped short." It had just missed the south corner of the Mausoleum of the Ur III kings, and when area PG was expanded beneath the level of TTD in season 8, many graves were recorded here. |
| Season Number: | 05: 1926-1927 |
| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 7868 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper chisel. Fairly heavy metal, rectangular section, flattened to convex cutting edge. [drawing] |
| 7873 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper knife. Same type as 7872 but longer. The bent-over end has been broken and mended. Impression of reed matting on one side. |
| 7875 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper knife. Similar to 7872 : bend double in antiquity. XI. |
| 7876 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper blade ? Axe. Straight-sided : cf. U.7877. Bent-over end missing. |
| 7877 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper knife? or Axe? The blade is straight-sided and the cutting edge may be at the square end, cf. U.7867 but this is longer and narrower. The other (haft) end is bent over: broken and mended. |
| 7881 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper kohl-stick(?) Head, round knob on square-section rod becoming round at 30mm [drawing 1:1] |
| 7882 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin or borer. Much corroded (also broken), apparently shaped thus with slight knob and then a thicker stem gradually thinned to a point. [drawing] |
| 7883 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper kohl-stick(?) Similar to U.7881, shaped thus [reference to drawing] (broken) [drawing] |
| 7888A | (none) | (none) | B16963 | [A-B] Two copper rings. Made of a fairly thick rod bent round with the ends just overlapping. | |
| 7891 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. Nearly hemispherical. Cracked and distorted. On the outside was marking of reed mat - not burnt. Inside, remains kept for analysis. |
| 7895 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Inscribed with the names of three divinities: ^dNI?-TUR-KU? ^dNin-dul, ^dAya. Two heavily draped divinities greeting one another, between them one line of inscription. Behind the minor deity a second line of inscription. Behind this an attendant carrying a club? Behind, a third line and a second attendant, hands clasped at waist. |
| 7896 | (none) | (none) | B16883 | Cylinder seal. hematite. Black. Hero wearing conical cap and short garment which only falls to the knees, and carrying a bird? in his left hand approaches a standing deity wearing high headdress and flounced kaunakes skirt. Behind the hero, naked Ishtar. |
| 7899 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Flat seal. Steatite. Black. 2 birds reversed and a scorpion? |
| 8472 | (none) | (none) | B17197 | Head of priest. Shaven? and shorn Limestone White. Face entirely lost - ears and back of head alone remain Hole pierced through bottom of neck to admit a pole. | |
| 8853 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Grotesque male figure. Missing below the waist. [drawing 1:1] |
| 7694B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 gold foil diadems. Perforated at each end. [drawing 1:1] |
| 7702B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] LipitIstar = U.4 etc. etc. B. (somewhat broken) [B] Another (good specimen). [C] Another (part). [D-E] Two more fragments. [F] Another fragment. [G] Another fragment. (cf. also U.7845). |
| 7713D | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cones = Ur Nammu of Etemiennigur (SAK 188 A) = U.701 etc. [A-B] 2 whole, [C-X] 22 fragmentary from various places throughout the season. All to B[aghdad] except 1 whole and 1 broken) |
| 7772B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Clay cone (fragm) Sumuilum = U.2634, 2778. [B] Another. [C] Another fragment perhaps belonging with preceding. [D] Another. [E] Another. [F-I] 4 more; one with text complete. [J]1 more: with text complete (nearly) (all but one to B[aghdad]) |
| 7772C | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Clay cone (fragm) Sumuilum = U.2634, 2778. [B] Another. [C] Another fragment perhaps belonging with preceding. [D] Another. [E] Another. [F-I] 4 more; one with text complete. [J]1 more: with text complete (nearly) (all but one to B[aghdad]) |
| 7888B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Two copper rings. Made of a fairly thick rod bent round with the ends just overlapping. |
| 7713E | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cones = Ur Nammu of Etemiennigur (SAK 188 A) = U.701 etc. [A-B] 2 whole, [C-X] 22 fragmentary from various places throughout the season. All to B[aghdad] except 1 whole and 1 broken) |
| 7713F | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cones = Ur Nammu of Etemiennigur (SAK 188 A) = U.701 etc. [A-B] 2 whole, [C-X] 22 fragmentary from various places throughout the season. All to B[aghdad] except 1 whole and 1 broken) |
| 7713G | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cones = Ur Nammu of Etemiennigur (SAK 188 A) = U.701 etc. [A-B] 2 whole, [C-X] 22 fragmentary from various places throughout the season. All to B[aghdad] except 1 whole and 1 broken) |
| 7713H | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cones = Ur Nammu of Etemiennigur (SAK 188 A) = U.701 etc. [A-B] 2 whole, [C-X] 22 fragmentary from various places throughout the season. All to B[aghdad] except 1 whole and 1 broken) |
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery | Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery | 1934 | Woolley, Leonard | (none) |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v20 p11 | Ur Notes v20 p11 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v20 p12 | Ur Notes v20 p12 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v20 p13 | Ur Notes v20 p13 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v20 p14 | Ur Notes v20 p14 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v20 p15 | Ur Notes v20 p15 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v20 p16 | Ur Notes v20 p16 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v20 p17 | Ur Notes v20 p17 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v20 p18 | Ur Notes v20 p18 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v20 p19 | Ur Notes v20 p19 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v20 p20 | Ur Notes v20 p20 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v20 p21 | Ur Notes v20 p21 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v20 p22 | Ur Notes v20 p22 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v20 p23 | Ur Notes v20 p23 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur_Notes_v2_p127c | Ur_Notes_v2_p127c | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur_Notes_v2_p128c | Ur_Notes_v2_p128c | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur_Notes_v2_p166 | Ur_Notes_v2_p166 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur_Notes_v4_p247 | Ur_Notes_v4_p247 | (none) |
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Sibling Locations
Burnt Burial - Larsa Graves - PG/B - Pit A - Pit B - Pit C - Pit D - Pit E - Pit G - Pit H - Pit W - Pit Z - PJ - Private Graves 1001-1100 - Private Graves 1101-1200 - Private Graves 1201-1300 - Private Graves 1301-1400 - Private Graves 1401-1500 - Private Graves 1501-1600 - Private Graves 1601-1700 - Private Graves 1701-1800 - Private Graves 1801-1850 - Private Graves 501-600 - Private Graves 601-700 - Private Graves 701-800 - Private Graves 801-900 - Private Graves 901-1000 - Private Graves Area | PGA - Royal Cemetery | PG1931 - Royal Cemetery | PG1932 - Seal Impression Strata | SIS - TTA - TTE - TTF - TTG
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Context
Ur > Royal Cemetery | PG > TTD
References
Woolley, Leonard. (1934) Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery, Oxford: Oxford University Press.