6306

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MuseumThe National Museum of Iraq

Object TypeAnthropomorphic

Season Number04: 1925-1926

IconographyFringed Shawl

IconographyHands Clasped Below Breasts

IconographyMale

Culture/PeriodUr III

TechniqueInscribed

Text GenreRoyal/Monumental

MaterialDiorite

MaterialStones and Minerals

U Number6306

Description (Catalog Card)Diorite STATUE of SHULGI. Mutilated. King standing with hands clasped as a worshipper. "To Nannar, his king, Shulgi, the mighty one "King of Ur (king of S and A), for his life, has "presented it. This statue: Nannar the wall (_________ so is the name of the statue)." King is dressed with a fringed shawl passing over the left shoulder. B. Photo 558 H.C. Text: Dim-tab-ba Temple(3)Woolley's description

Description (Modern)Object is not sealed.

Find Context (Catalog Card)Found between the Neo-Babylonian Temenos wall and the old (Dungi?) wall at N. end of EH T.10

Material (Catalog Card)DioriteMaterial as described by Woolley

Museum Number (IM Number)IM 1173

Tablet ID NumberP226197

Measurement (Catalog Card)H. 260mm

Measurement (Height)260Barrett. 1976. Near East Section, Ur, Inscribed Objects

Dates ReferencedShulgi