16238 | 1931,1010.411
| Technique: | Manufacture >> Molded >> Mold Pressed 1 |
| Description (Catalog Card): | Terracotta relief, fragment. Upper part of draped female figure with elaborate headress and ornaments. Grotesquely rendered. [drawing 1:1]2 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | BC Filling of Larsa houses under Temenos-wall |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Terracotta3 |
| U Number: | 16238 |
| Museum: | British Museum |
| Season Number: | 09: 1930-1931 |
| Object Type: | Figural Objects >> Figurines >> Anthropomorphic 1 |
| Description (Modern): | fired clay plaque depicting female deity(?) in relief; mould-made; top part only; rectangular with straight top; flat back with large finger depression at the back of the head; goddess stands in niche; wears curved head-dress surmounted by horned crown; supported by two columns with rosette finials; rosettes at shoulders and two columns of rosettes inside the niche; two parallel sets of lines appear to be raised arms.1 |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Fired >> Terracotta |
| Museum Number (BM Registration Number): | 1931,1010.411 |
| Measurement (Height): | 551 |
| Measurement (Width): | 541 |
| Measurement (Depth): | 151 |
| [1] Data collected by British Museum research team. |
| [2] Woolley's description |
| [3] Material as described by Woolley |
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mausoleum Site | BC | Woolley called the east corner of the Neo-Babylonian temenos the Bur-Sin Corner (area BC) because he found bricks of Bur-Sin (now read Amar-Sin or Amar-Suen) there in early season explorations. Area BC is particularly complex because it consists of substantial building in many periods. The largest building was of the Ur III period, and it is this building to which the abbreviation BC typically refers in field notes. It sits at the northeastern edge of the Royal Cemetery. The main Ur III building was 35 x 27m and its southwest wall was preserved two meters in height, while its northeast wall was largely destroyed. Its walls were built with inscribed bricks of Shulgi. The overall layout of the building is much like a courtyard house but on a large scale and with more ritual furnishings. Attached to this building were two annexes, one northwest and the other southeast, built with bricks of Shulgi's son, Amar-Sin (see context AD). Beneath the entire building were three very large vaults. All of them had been plundered in antiquity and only scattered fragments of artifacts and bones were discovered inside. Nonetheless, Woolley believed that these vaults originally held the remains of the Ur III kings. For this reason, area BC is sometimes referred to as the Mausoleum Site. The building was destroyed by Elamites, according to Woolley, and sometime thereafter houses of the Isin-Larsa/Old Babylonian period were constructed in the area (see House 30). Finally, the Neo-Babylonian Temenos wall was constructed over and through parts of the remains. | (none) |
- 1 Location
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leon Legrain Note Card | Leon Legrain Note Card | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
 | Ur Excavations VII; The Old Babylonian Period | Ur Excavations VII; The Old Babylonian Period | 1976 | Woolley, L. and M. Mallowan | (none) |
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:64 Page:168 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:64 Page:168 | (none) |
- 3 Media