Title: Ur Excavations Texts VIII.2: Royal Inscriptions Part II     
Date: 1965     
Author: Sollberger, E.     
Publisher: British Museum Publications     
Publication place: London     
Volume: 2     

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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)
18838 (none) (none) (none) Clay foundation cone. Unusually samll, inscribed on the stem only. Tip missing and a chip off the base but only about 2 signs damaged and the text otherwise complete.
18894 (none) (none) (none) Clay foundation cone, tip of stem of.
18895 (none) (none) (none) Clay foundation cone, fragment of. A little more than one-half split away from the lower part of the stem.
19488B (none) (none) (none) Clay cone. Part of. Inscribed on the base and stem : about half of the text on the base preserved
282 (none) (none) B14951 Fragment of stone vase. On side, decoration of concentric circles. On base, inscription, "(Na)ram-S(in)"
283 (none) (none) B14952, B14952 Fragment of stone vase. One side, decoration of concentric circles. On base ends of lines of a column of inscription.
263 (none) 1923,1110.21 (none) Fragment of alabaster vase. Inscription of Rimus king of Agade, duplicate of U.206. Placed in IN/ No. 1.
264 (none) (none) (none) Body and base of large white stone jar, top broken, Inscribed "Rimush, king of the world."
330 (none) (none) (none) Clay cone. Complete. Inscription of Nur-Immar on base and shaft. Duplicate of U.327. Placed in IN/No. 6
700 (none) 1935,1110.629 (none) Large clay cone, nearly complete. Base 2 column inscription, top right corner damaged 25 + 25 lines. Repeated on shaft, complete. Arad-Sin. Duplicate of U.19
872 (none) (none) (none) Small complete clay cone. Inscription of Ur-Engur, recording the building of a canal. C.f. 169 [presumably U.169]
918 (none) (none) (none) Small clay cone, base and side slightly damaged. Inscription of Ur-Engur recording his digging of a canal called ID-UN. Placed in IN/No. 4.
1167 (none) 1924,0920.397 (none) Fragment from near the rim of an alabaster vase.
1351 (none) 1924,0920.393 (none) Fragment from base of large inscribed clay cone. Beginning of inscription of Warad-Sin king of Larsa: duplicate of U.19, U.700, etc.
1455 (none) 1924,0920.395 (none) Fragment from the rim of a mottled black and white stone vase, with the remains of an inscription of Ennapadda, priest of Nnar, and son of Ur-Nammu, King of Ur. Cf. U.18224. Cf. Ur Texts No. 25
1560A (none) 1924,0920.243 (none) [A-B] Two fragments of large baked clay cylinder of Nabonidus: containing parts of column I & II of the inscription on cylinder K.1688 in the British Museum. These fragments possibly belong to that cylinder.
1560B (none) 1924,0920.244 (none) [A-B] Two fragments of large baked clay cylinder of Nabonidus: containing parts of column I & II of the inscription on cylinder K.1688 in the British Museum. These fragments possibly belong to that cylinder.
1633 (none) (none) (none) Part of base and stem of baked clay cone of Rim-Sin, king of Larsa, recording his building of a temple to the Moon-god. Duplicate, with small variants, of U.781.
1634 (none) 1924,0920.247 (none) Baked clay cone(point broken) of Ur-Nammu, recording his digging of the canal called Nun, in honor of the Moon-god. Duplicate of U.918.
12566 (none) (none) (none) Tablet. Globular archaic accounts. HC 412
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.
2595 (none) 1927,1003.49 (none) Clay cone of Ur-Engur. Fragment. Text: (To En)-lil, king of all countries his king, Ur-Engur, the mighty hero, king of Ur, King of Sumer and Akkad, in? ? The? of Ninni has dug out. Probably a canal. H.C.
2759A (none) 1927,1003.11 (none) [A-K] 11 cones of Warad-Sin. Numbered A to K. Found in position. Text (cf. Thur-Dang ISA. Arad(-Sin c)) in text: Zigg in Larsa period (8)
3021 (none) 1927,1003.6 (none) Foundation tablet of Narad-Sin. Copper. Same text on soapstone tablet U.3020.
3020 (none) 1927,1003.6 (none) Foundation tablet of Warad-Sin. Soapstone. Warad-Sin, the mighty man, who takes care of Ur, king of Larsa, king of Sumer and Akkad son of Kudur-Mabug, adda of Emulbal. In order to enlarge Ur, to enclose its sides, to gain a great name, Nannar my king, has listened unto me. The great wall, raised like a mountain, that might not be undermined, which strikes wonder, I built to him. This wall Nannar fortifies the foundation of the land such is its name... etc Cf. brick in SAKI p.213.B. Same text text on copper tablet U.3021. H.C.

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