17855 | 1932,1008.254
| Technique: | Decoration >> Subtraction >> Incised 1 |
| Description (Catalog Card): | Terracotta head of a ram? Crudely hand modelled. Broken off at the shoulders. Kassite.2 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | Zig. NW 1931. Under Nebuchadnezzar Corner Fort. Found by the doorjamb of Room 1 in Room 1 in the 3rd building |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Clay3 |
| Measurement (Catalog Card): | extreme l. 015 |
| U Number: | 17855 |
| Museum: | British Museum |
| Season Number: | 10: 1931-1932 |
| Object Type: | Figural Objects >> Figurines >> Zoomorphic 1 |
| Description (Modern): | Described as head of Ram on BM card, and sheep's head in Merlin |
| Description (Modern): | Fired clay anthropomorphic figurine; head and neck only; hand modelled in the round; possibly depicts caprid with incised eyes, perforations for nostrils, and an open mouth with applied teeth.1 |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Fired >> Terracotta |
| Museum Number (BM Big Number): | 123241 |
| Museum Number (BM Registration Number): | 1932,1008.2541 |
| Measurement (Weight): | 6271 |
| Measurement (Height): | 1211 |
| Measurement (Width): | 621 |
| [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) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Room 1 | (none) | (none) |
| Ziggurat Terrace | ZT | The excavation area abbreviation ZT stands for Ziggurat Terrace. It was used for any portion of the terrace on which the ziggurat stood, though other more specific abbreviations were also used. For example, the abbreviation PDW refers to the northern side of the terrace, west of the Great Nannar Courtyard (PD), and HD refers to the southern part of the terrace. Early references using the abbreviation ZT refer specifically to excavations along the terrace retaining wall itself. Later references, however, mention specific areas on top the terrace such as the so-called 'boat shrine.' The abbreviation also refers to deep clearing of the terrace fill, particularly on the north side in later excavation seasons, though the abbreviation Zig.31 was most often used for this. Woolley uncovered large areas of the retaining wall that supported the platform known as the ziggurat terrace. He found that it was decorated with large wall cones. These cones bore an inscription of Urnamma but there is evidence that the terrace in some form existed in the Early Dynastic period as well. The Urnamma retaining wall was slanted to support the terrace, was 1.7 meters high, 34 meters wide, and was decorated with 5-meter-wide buttresses about 4 meters apart. The inscribed cones dedicate the terrace to the moon god, Nanna, and show that it was called e-temen-ni-gur, which translates as, "house, foundation platform clad in terror." (Woolley read this e-temen-ni-il). | (none) |
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| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leon Legrain Note Card | Leon Legrain Note Card | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| Provisional Field Photo Album | Provisional Field Photo Album | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| Ur Excavations VIII; The Kassite Period and the period of the Assyrian Kings | Ur Excavations VIII; The Kassite Period and the period of the Assyrian Kings | 1965 | Woolley, Leonard | (none) |
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:70 Page:54 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:70 Page:54 | (none) |
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