2052http://www165.123.244.137/subject/2052/MuseumBritish MuseumObject TypeSocketSeason Number03: 1924-1925TechniqueInscribedIconographySerpent/SnakeObject TypeDoor/Gate SocketsText GenreRoyal/MonumentalCulture/PeriodNeo-AssyrianMaterialSerpentineMaterialStones and MineralsU Number2674Description (Modern)Door socket, coiled snake, inscribedDescription (Catalog Card)Door-socket of Sin-balatsu-iqbi (time of Ashurbanapal) shakkanak (vice regent) of Ur son of Ningal-iddinna. Restoration of Elemen-ni-gur. In particular of the gate-way to Esag-dili (the Ziggurat). The gate was built in the middle of the terrace of the temenos, on the procession way (! e hal-la-ta du-a). The door was of boxwood, fixed with bronze pegs in massive walls, had a gold USH, a silverlock, silver plated bronze binding (?). See notes. H.C. Woolley's descriptionDescription (Modern)Object is not sealed.Find Context (Catalog Card)L.L.Material (Catalog Card)SerpentineMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (BM Big Number)119065Museum Number (BM Registration Number)1927,1003.60Museum Number (BM Big Number)119065Tablet ID NumberP468651Dates ReferencedShamash-shum-ukin Sin-balassu-iqbi