Ningal Temple | Unit C | A-P 1-8
| Context Title: | Ningal Temple | Unit C | A-P 1-8 |
| Context Name (Publication): | Ningal Temple |
| Context Name (Excavation): | Unit C |
| Context Name (Excavation): | Unit A-P 1-8 |
| Context Description: | The sanctuary stood as a complete and independent entity. Rooms and courts are all interconnected, It has it's own name, the E.NUN. It has a similar plan to private houses with added features like washing places, stele, benches, etc. There are storage jars, weavers pits, a large kitchen, and economic tablets attest to a varied activities involved in running an estate. |
| Culture/Period: | Ur III; Old Babylonian; Kassite; Assyrian; Neo-Babylonian |
Files
| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 6857 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone head. Grey. Fragment. Part of hair and upper portion of face down to nose alone remains. Female head with fine wavy air and double chignon. Lose forehead, beaded line running round it just above eyebrows representing fringe of hair which protrudes below the chignon. Eyebrows carefully rendered by feathered line; prominent and strongly defined eyelids with protruding eyeballs. Carefully modelling of face and nose bottom of which is lost. B. |
| 6620B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Crescent moon with [B] disk? Copper. |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) | [Card Missing] |
| 6363 | (none) | (none) | B16205 | Fragment of an Alabaster Stela of Rim-Sin. Rebuilds E-nun-azag to (Nin-Gal). E. |
| 6358 | (none) | (none) | B16206, B16206 | Alabaster vase of Ishme-Dagan. To Nannar - eldest son of Enlil, his king Ishme Dagan -- (rest is same text as the brick U.2566)-- beloved husband of Innana, for his life, he has presented it. E. H.C. | |
| 6352 | (none) | (none) | B16229 | Steatite(?) [diorite is struck through] statue of Ningal. Presented by Enannatum son of Ishme-Dagan For his life. Upper part broken. Inscript. on 3 sides of the throne. Ur Texts, Vol. I, No. 103 E. CLW. Enter in catalog, Vol. VII HC. | |
| 6359B | (none) | (none) | B16230 | Clay Cone of Nur Adad to Ningal. Rebuilds E-nun-azag. (A)[A and C-M] to B. H.C. (B)[B and N] and fragments to E. H.C. | |
| 6359N | (none) | (none) | B16232 | Clay Cone of Nur Adad to Ningal. Rebuilds E-nun-azag. (A)[A and C-M] to B. H.C. (B)[B and N] and fragments to E. H.C. | |
| 6338 | (none) | (none) | B16233 | (none) |
| 6812 | (none) | (none) | B16235 | Incense box. Clay. Square. E. Vol. VII 0076 x 0076 x 0035 | |
| 6765 | (none) | (none) | B16278 | Cornice. White gypsum. Fragment. Charred by fire. E. [drawing] |
| 6623 | (none) | (none) | B16420 | Decorative nail? Copper. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 3315 | (none) | (none) | B16473 | (none) |
| 3252 | (none) | (none) | B16477 | Brick of Kurigalzu. To Nannar, his king, dKurigalzu mighty hero, king of Ur, king of Sumer and Akkad E-kish-shir-gal, his beloved temple, has restored. H.C. in text: Kassite period(13) | |
| 3326 | (none) | (none) | B16484, B16484 | Sin-balatsu-iqbi 1/2 brick. Same text as U.3250. Variant 11.6-7: E-ab (sal?)-ban-da the shrine of dSu-zi-an-na he built. Side and face text. H.C. | |
| 3296 | (none) | (none) | B16485, B16485 | Sin-balatsu-iqbi 1/2 brick. 2 stamps: side and face. Same text as U.3250. Variant 11. 6-7: E An-ki-azag-ga where stands dAzag-sud. H.C. | |
| 3300 | (none) | (none) | B16489, B16489 | Sin-balatsu-iqbi 1/2 brick. 2 stamps: side and face. Same text as U.3250. Variant 11. 6-7: E Ad-gi-gu Shrine dNusku. H.C. | |
| 3301 | (none) | (none) | B16490, B16490 | Sin-balatsu-iqbi 1/2 brick. 2 stamps: side and face. Same text as U.3250. Variant 11. 6-7: E Kisib-gal E-kur-ra(?) the shrine of dNin-sig (=Ea) H.C. | |
| 6612 | (none) | (none) | B16665 | Alabaster stela. Fragment: broken but complete. Lunar disk. Religious? Scene. Three figures only remain in relief on the left - shaven male figure, right arm extended, upper arm only remains. Lower part of body fragmentary. Figure is apparently in profile. Middle figure head lost: left arm mutilated and lower portion of dress lost: arms and apparently head in profile but body full face. Figure is clothed in flounced kaunakas skirt, 6 tiers of flounces showing. Dress covered upper arm but left forearm exposed. Left hand rests on chest, right arm held upright and hand lost. Behind, a clean shaven bald-headed male figure, 3/4 face, left arm held below breast; right arm bent at elbow and held upright carrying an object which may be a torch. Left hand holds a sword which runs diagonally across left side. Figure is apparently draped in a thin waist cloth, mutilated below waist. Typical Sumerian head. At back fragment of an inscription. | |
| 18526 | (none) | (none) | B16676.95 | Limestone relief. Fragment from the stela of Ur-Engur. Apparently part of the bottom register. On the right was a seated figure of the god, facing left, on a throne on a round base: only part of the front of the skirt preserved. The front of him on the base is a naked priest with a fly whisk. In part of the base a curiously elongated figure of a priest holding a fold of cloak and receiving the king of whom only the head and one arm and part of the shoulder remains: he seems to be carrying some burden on his shoulders. |
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Giparu | HDB - Giparu | SF - NB/41 | KPG/C - NB/S4 - P/1 | KPCG/1 - P/2 | KPCG/2 - P/6 | KPG/B - Unit A | A-P 12-17 - Unit B | A-P 8-11
Child Locations
Room C1 | B-C 2-3 - Room C10 | D-F 2-3 - Room C11 | F-G 3-4 - Room C12 | G3-4 - Room C13 | F-G 7-8 - Room C14 | E-F 7-8 - Room C15 | D-E 7-8 - Room C16 | C-D 7-8 - Room C17 | C 7-8 - Room C18 | B 7-8 - Room C19 | H 4-5 - Room C2 | B-C 3-4 - Room C20 | H 6-7 - Room C21 | J 4-5 - Room C22 | J 6-7 - Room C23 | J 7-8 - Room C24 | H-G 7-8 - Room C25 | H-J 3-4 - Room C26 | H-J 2-3 - Room C27 | K 5-6 - Room C28 | K 4-5 - Room C29 | K-M 2-3 - Room C3 | B-C 4-6 - Room C30 | K4 - Room C31 | L 4-6 - Room C32 | K-L 7-8 - Room C33 | M 7-8 - Room C34 | M 6-7 - Room C35 | N-O 7-8 - Room C36 | M-N 7-8 - Room C37 | N-O 4-7 - Room C38 | M 4-6 - Room C39 | M 4 - Room C4 | B6-7 - Room C40 | N 4 - Room C41 | N 3 - Room C42 | N-O 3 - Room C43 | N-O 2-3 - Room C5 | C6 - Room C6 | C6 - Room C7 | D-G 4-7 - Room C8 | E-F 3-4 - Room C9 | D-E 3-4