Context Title: AH Site | AH     
Context Name (Excavation): AH; Abraham's Housing     
Context Name (Publication): AH Site     
Context Description: In the southeast portion of the mound of Ur, Woolley excavated a large horizontal extent of domestic space roughly 115 x 85m. near the surface he found scattered Neo-Babylonian and Kassite remains and intrusive graves of the late periods but he did not publish these in detail nor are there any extant notes covering them. Instead, Woolley's main goal was to uncover the best preserved floorplans of houses. These he found several meters down, houses of the Isin-Larsa/Old Babylonian period. Because the Old Babylonian period was typically that associated with the potential time of Abraham, Woolley used the abbreviation AH (Abraham's Housing) to refer to this excavation area. In the course of excavation of the Isin-Larsa/Old Babylonian levels Woolley numbered 27 'houses,' or excavation units. He renumbered the houses for publication based on the overall plan, preserved walls, and doors onto streets. In this way he showed there were 52 individual houses within his 27 excavation areas. However, houses were frequently altered throughout period, as families would knock out walls or block up doors, and thus true house numbers are difficult to establish. Woolley mentions phases of rebuilding, but states that he sought the best preserved floor plan and published the excavation of a particular house based on that plan alone. In some cases he noted deeper remains that may have gone back to the Ur III period. These levels he partially uncovered as he excavated graves beneath the Larsa period floors. A great deal of baked brick was in use for walls of the Isin-Larsa/Old Babylonian period. Some houses used it in the lowest portion of a wall, but others used it for entire walls up to 3 meters in height. Town planning was not evident, as streets tended to wander in narrow and winding paths. Corners where streets met were often rounded, leading Woolley to surmise that this was to prevent problems with laden donkeys catching their wares on corners. Many houses had a domestic chapel within, often with family burials beneath the floor. Communal chapels were also noted, at least four being identified in the area. Finally, Woolley believed that some buildings were specifically used for commercial activities (shops), though this is difficult to prove.     

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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)
518 (none) (none) B15184 Terracotta relief - Complete: greenish pottery. 2 male fig. advancing front. Each has tall feather(?) head-dress, long hair curled over ears, Semitic nose, long beard arranged in 3 rows of short curls and +long straight hair to a point: the right arm by the side, l. across body with in hand the litnus: drapery to knees, crossing legs diagonally. Behind, two legs to make the relief stand upright.
524 (none) (none) (none) Tablet., complete. See U376. Dated.
847 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Gilgamesh and his friend killing their favorite winged gryphon. Fairly good work.
1668 (none) (none) (none) Jar. Drab clay; wheelmade. B. Type CVIII. =P.131
1732 (none) (none) B15691 Terracotta figurine. Fragment. Lower part only, from waist of seated female(?) figure; no details of dress, etc, except that the skirt was flounced. P.
1778 (none) (none) B15688 Figurine. Drab clay. Head and shoulders only, with headdress. [drawing 1:1]
1779 (none) (none) B15687 Figurine. Drab clay. Head and shoulders only, in profile. [drawing 1:1]
2501 (none) 1927,1003.8 (none) Inscribed tablet. Brown limestone. Fragment. Incomplete Semitic text. Obverse: 7 lines. Reverse: weather worn. Ink-drawing. Neo-Babylonian.
2502 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Inscribed. Glass paste. Bluish white. Broken. Fragments missing. Two lines nearly illegible: ( )-bi-a; ( ) -il. Figures worn, indistinct. Neo-Babylon - Persian Period.
2503 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Not inscribed. greyish soapstone. Weather worn. Presentation to a seated goddess. Worshipper led by the hand. Flat crescent. Pillar-shaped altar [shown in drawing] (double). 24 x 33mm. Babylonian. About BC 2500. [drawing]
2504 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Fragment. Brown limestone. Fragment. One worshipper - one standing figure - of a god: Between them the crescent [shown in drawing] on a short support. About BC 2300
2505 (none) (none) (none) Doubtful cylinder seal. greyish limestone. Unpierced fragment. A few lines of figures or signs [shown in drawing]. Period ? [drawing]
2506 (none) (none) (none) Earring. Gold. Crescent lunar type. Heavy - hollow metal. [drawing 1:1]
2507 (none) (none) (none) Earring. Gold. Crescent lunar type. Heavy - hollow metal. [drawing]
2508 (none) 1927,1003.64 (none) Spindle whorl. Black steatite. [drawing 1:1]
2510 (none) 1927,1003.249 (none) Finger ring. White shell (much decayed) Oblong bezel with flower rosette and traces of leaf on either side. [drawing 1:1]
2511 (none) (none) (none) Mask. Terracotta. Pierced for suspension, grotesque bearded head. [drawing]
2513 (none) 1935,0113.48 (none) Figurine. Drab clay. Nude female, head and torso only. [drawing 1:1]
2514 (none) (none) (none) Figurine. Buff clay. Nude female, mitred and with necklace. Legs missing below the knee. [drawing 1:1]
2515 (none) 1927,1003.156 (none) Figurine. Buff clay. Seated goddess facing left: pleated skirt: right hand raised left hand holding bottle: headdress missing. [drawing 1:1]
2516 (none) (none) (none) Figurine. Red clay. Male with necklace, head and torso only, headdress missing. [drawing 1:1]
2517 (none) 1935,0113.49 (none) Figurine. Drab clay. Nude female, head and trunk only. [drawing 1:1]
2520 (none) 1927,1003.36 (none) Clay cone. greyish color. Inscribed. Fragment. Half of second column. Restoration of temple and ?? III Ur Dynasty. Ink drawing.
2521A (none) 1927,1003.22 (none) Clay cone. Canal inscription of UR-ENGUR. Yellow reddish clay, slightly baked. One complete and two fragments : For Nannar - his king - Ur-Engur - the valiant hero - king of Ur - king of Sumer and Akkad - the ID - NUN (grand canal) - his beloved canal - he has dug out. 11 lines. Ink drawing.
2522 (none) (none) (none) Lion's head. Lightly fired drab clay. Fragment. Showing muzzle only. Hand modeled in the round. [drawing]
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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)
Social Variation in Ancient Mesopotamia: An Architectural and Mortuary Analysis of Ur in the Early S Social Variation in Ancient Mesopotamia: An Architectural and Mortuary Analysis of Ur in the Early Second Millenium B.C. 1990 Luby, Edward Michael (none)
Ur Excavations III: Archaic Seal-Impressions Ur Excavations III: Archaic Seal-Impressions 1936 Legrain, Leon, and Woolley, Leonard (none)
Ur Excavations VII; The Old Babylonian Period Ur Excavations VII; The Old Babylonian Period 1976 Woolley, L. and M. Mallowan (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur_Notes_v2_p005c Ur_Notes_v2_p005c (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur_Notes_v2_p006c Ur_Notes_v2_p006c (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur_Notes_v2_p018 Ur_Notes_v2_p018 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur_Notes_v2_p023 Ur_Notes_v2_p023 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur_Notes_v2_p024 Ur_Notes_v2_p024 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur_Notes_v3_p008 Ur_Notes_v3_p008 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur_Notes_v3_p009 Ur_Notes_v3_p009 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur_Notes_v3_p010 Ur_Notes_v3_p010 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur_Notes_v3_p011 Ur_Notes_v3_p011 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur_Notes_v3_p012 Ur_Notes_v3_p012 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur_Notes_v3_p013 Ur_Notes_v3_p013 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur_Notes_v3_p014 Ur_Notes_v3_p014 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur_Notes_v3_p015 Ur_Notes_v3_p015 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur_Notes_v3_p016 Ur_Notes_v3_p016 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur_Notes_v3_p017 Ur_Notes_v3_p017 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur_Notes_v3_p018 Ur_Notes_v3_p018 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur_Notes_v3_p019 Ur_Notes_v3_p019 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur_Notes_v3_p020 Ur_Notes_v3_p020 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur_Notes_v3_p024 Ur_Notes_v3_p024 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur_Notes_v3_p025 Ur_Notes_v3_p025 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur_Notes_v3_p026 Ur_Notes_v3_p026 (none)
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Woolley, Leonard. (1974) Ur Excavations VI; The Ur III Period, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Luby, Edward Michael. (1990) Social Variation in Ancient Mesopotamia: An Architectural and Mortuary Analysis of Ur in the Early Second Millenium B.C., UMI Dissertation Services.

Legrain, Leon, and Woolley, Leonard. (1936) Ur Excavations III: Archaic Seal-Impressions, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Woolley, L. and M. Mallowan . (1976) Ur Excavations VII; The Old Babylonian Period, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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