13506 | 33-35-44
| Iconography: | Human/zoomorphic >> Male 1 |
| Iconography: | Human/zoomorphic >> Position >> Hand Raised 1 |
| Iconography: | Human/zoomorphic >> Position >> Holding Other 1 |
| Technique: | Manufacture >> Molded >> Mold Pressed 2 |
| Description (Catalog Card): | Terracotta figurine. Bearded male figure carrying a monkey on his shoulders. Monkey, head and arms of man in profile, torso of man full face. Arms bent at elbow, forearm parallel with ground. In his left hand the man holds a rope which is attached to the monkey's neck. Figure missing below waist but probably the man was leading a second monkey. Example is of importance chronologically for it was found in the Larsa filling and against the inner face of the SE wall of the Nebuchadnezzar Temenos. The rubbish stratum is well dated to the _Larsa_ Period. It seems therefore that this figure is also represented on the Asshur-Nasir-Pal reliefs was already in the Assyrian period a cult object of a considerable antiquity and was not simply (as formerly supposed) a man leading in tribute to the king. Common type.3 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | See note for importance of find place. TW. |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Clay4 |
| Measurement (Catalog Card): | H. head to waist 50mm, W. at waist 25mm |
| U Number: | 13506 |
| Museum: | University of Pennsylvania Museum |
| Object Type: | Figural Objects >> Plaques/Reliefs |
| Season Number: | 08: 1929-1930 |
| Description (Modern): | Relief plaque of a man, one arm down other is holding flail over shoulder. Hair is short and wavy. Broken and repaired. Grayish clay. |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Fired >> Terracotta |
| Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number): | 33-35-44 |
| [1] Iconography tagged by Penn Museum research team. |
| [2] Technique tagged by Penn Museum research team. |
| [3] Woolley's description |
| [4] Material as described by Woolley |
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| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temenos Wall | TW | The excavation area abbreviation TW stands for Temenos Wall, a wall that surrounded the ziggurat terrace and its extended sacred space in the northern central portion of the city of Ur through much of its history. The wall may have begun in the Early Dynastic period, as Woolley found some indication of what he believed to be its earliest foundation. There was clearly an Ur III period version that ran south of the giparu and then further southeast to encompass the ehursag. This was the general line of the wall through the Isin-Larsa/Old Babylonian and into the Kassite period, though the Kassites made some changes in the northern portion. Finally, the Neo-Babylonians changed the wall greatly, expanding the area encompassed to the north and south and adding several gateways. The foundations of this later, quite massive, wall often destroyed earlier remains. Woolley explored parts of the temenos wall in many seasons and frequently used the TW abbreviation for the wall in any of its building periods. Other excavation area abbreviations include parts of the temenos, particularly NCF, PDW and BC. The temenos wall built by Urnamma was 6 meters thick and built of mud brick with a baked brick facing. Most of the baked brick had been removed, probably for later building. The Nebuchadnezzar and Nabonidus temenos wall had chambers within it and sported six gates into the temenos area. This area was known as e-gish-nu-gal (Woolley read this e-gish-shir-gal). At least one later interpretation conflates TW with the phrase Town Wall, but the wall surrounding Ur was always referred to as the city wall, (CLW). | (none) |
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| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
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| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:56 Page:9 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:56 Page:9 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:56 Page:10 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:56 Page:10 | (none) |
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