10640
| Description (Catalog Card): | Tablets etc These 10 inscribed fragments brought in at the end of the season not yet studied U.10639 calcite fragment U.10640 fragment of foundation tablet U.10641 fragment of inscribed bead. U.10642 fragment of text in writing like Assyrian U.10643-U.10647 fragments of account tablets U.10648 seal impression1 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | All found 2 [undecipherable] Court yard (except last two, doubtful) |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Clay2 |
| U Number: | 10640 |
| Museum: | The National Museum of Iraq |
| Object Type: | Writing and Record Keeping >> Tablet |
| Season Number: | 06: 1927-1928 |
| Culture/Period: | Ur III |
| Description (Modern): | Object is not sealed. |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Unfired |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals |
| Museum Number (IM Number): | IM 92935 |
| Tablet ID Number: | P226398 |
| [1] Woolley's description |
| [2] Material as described by Woolley |
Files
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Nanna Courtyard | PD | The meaning of this two-letter designation is unclear. It may derive from Woolley's search for Shulgi's palace and may thus stand for Palace of Dungi. Woolley came to realize, however, that it was an enormous courtyard surrounded by rooms, and at times in the excavation it was simply referred to as the Ziggurat Courtyard. The path through the court led to the ziggurat terrace and eventually to the temple atop it. The court was likely a gathering place for special occasions of worship to the moon god (whose name Woolley read Nannar, but which we read today as Nanna). Therefore, Woolley eventually dubbed this space the Great Nannar Courtyard. Area PD is the large space to the east of the ziggurat terrace, substantially lower in elevation than the base of the ziggurat. It had many floors over many periods. It consisted of a large paved courtyard (some 50 x 75 meters) surrounded by rooms that may have been used for storage. Because of indentations in some of the wall faces, Woolley believed there was once an inset wooden colonnade along some of the walls. | (none) |
- 1 Location
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Ur Excavations Texts VIII.1: Royal Inscriptions Part II | Ur Excavations Texts VIII.1: Royal Inscriptions Part II | 1965 | Sollberger, E. | (none) |
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