Ningal Temple | Unit C | A-P 1-8

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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

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
(none)	(none)	(none)	(none)	[Card Missing]
6620A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Crescent moon with [B] disk? Copper.
6620B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Crescent moon with [B] disk? Copper.
6625A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Copper stem with rounded top. [B] Shaft of stone mace head found with it? E.
6625B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Copper stem with rounded top. [B] Shaft of stone mace head found with it? E.
3158	(none)	(none)	(none)	Votive stone of Utu-hegal (BC 2350). Fragment diorite. Text: (To Nin-)gal, (beloved wife of) Sin, (his lady), (for) the life, of Utu-hegal, king of Uruk, king of the (4 regions of the world) Ur ( dEngur?) vice [regent] of Ur, (to) the mother of E-gish(-shir)-gal in Ur... utu Hegal, king of the Vth uruk Dynasty before Ur dEngur. H.C.
6766	(none)	(none)	(none)	Vase. Copper. Fragmentary.
6776B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Vase. Alabaster. White. Inscribed. En-an-ni-pad-da, priest of Nannar son of Ur Bau, patesi of Lagash. Type II. (JN 19 near) Enter in Larsa catalog [last word may be incorrect] B.
3172	(none)	(none)	(none)	Ur-Engur Door-socket. Usual inscription. In text: Kassite period (14)
3261	(none)	(none)	(none)	Ur-Engur Door-socket. Usual inscription.
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.
6786	(none)	1927,0527.55	(none)	Stone casket. Complete with lid. Black. Burnt and broken but complete. Divided into 2 compartments. Grooves to receive lid and 8 holes in tiers for gold nobs? Also one in lid. E.
3291	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl - Diorite. Fragment. Inscription of: (To the god?) Ri-m(u-us), king of Kish, when (he defeated Elam?)
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.
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.
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.
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.
6360	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal impression on a clay sealing. Time of Samsuiluna. . ilgimil-i-( su), the archive keeper, anointer of the apsu of Nannar, son of Sin-iqisham, servant of Samsuiluna. [Annotated] (Add to catalogue Vol VII) [Crossed out] [Annotated] Ur Royal Inscr. No. 149. Cf. Royal Insc. 304. [Annotated] H.C.
6832	(none)	1927,0527.38	(none)	Ram. Black diorite. Fragment. Part of one horn alone remains. E.
3327	(none)	(none)	(none)	Mud statuette. Broken. Standing figurine with clasped hands, long shawl of robe. Upper part above hands broken off off actually 12 1/2 by 7 cm.. Inscription on back: --Mu-ir-ru-um --mu-kin par-si The commandment? the keeper of the ordnances H.C.
6651	(none)	1927,0527.66	(none)	Mortar. Diorite. Grey. Vol. VII. See fieldnote C7 for sketch.
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.
6366	(none)	(none)	(none)	Large oolite plate. To Ningal, his lady Ur-Nammu, the mighty man, king of Ur, king of Sumer and Akkad, for his life has presented. Type XXX. B. H.C.
6735	(none)	(none)	(none)	Inscribed Soapstone bed. Fragments. To Nin(gal)?. And the sea, his servant, has presented IIIrd Ur Dynasty? H.C. B. [drawing]