3251 | 1927,1003.48
| Description (Catalog Card): | Cone of Libit-Ishtar. Fragment. Same as 3245 = SAKI. P.204.1 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | S.W. of Dub-lal |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Clay2 |
| Text Genre: | Royal/Monumental |
| Dates Referenced: | Lipit-Ishtar |
| U Number: | 3251 |
| Object Type: | Architectural Elements >> Cones |
| Museum: | British Museum |
| Season Number: | 03: 1924-1925 |
| Object Type: | Writing and Record Keeping >> Peg, Nail or Cone (inscribed) |
| Culture/Period: | Ur III |
| Description (Modern): | Cone |
| Description (Modern): | Object is not sealed. |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Unfired |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Fired |
| Museum Number (BM Big Number): | 119053 |
| Museum Number (BM Registration Number): | 1927,1003.483 |
| Museum Number (BM Big Number): | 119053 |
| Tablet ID Number: | P431502 |
| [1] Woolley's description |
| [2] Material as described by Woolley |
| [3] Data collected by British Museum research team. |
Files
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dublalmah | LL | First investigated by Taylor in 1853, the dublalmah was originally a gateway onto the eastern corner of the ziggurat terrace. It expanded into a larger building in the Isin-Larsa/Old Babylonian period. It had multiple functions, religious and administrative, through the centuries. An inscribed door socket of Amar-Sin found here refers to the building as the great storehouse of tablets and the place of judgment. It was thus essentially a law court, possibly with tablets recording judgments stored within. In Mesopotamia, an eastern gateway--in sight of the rising sun--was typically seen as a place of justice, and gateways were often places where witnesses or judges might hear claims. After the Ur III period the door onto the ziggurat terrace was sealed up and the dublalmah appears to have become a shrine, but it retained its name and probably its law court function. Kurigalzu made significant restorations to the building in the Kassite period and Woolley marveled at the well-constructed fully preserved arched doorway of this Late Bronze Age time. By the Neo-Babylonian period, the structure had essentially merged with the functions of the neighboring giparu. | (none) | |
| Ningal Temple | Unit C | A-P 1-8 | The sanctuary stood as a complete and independent entity. Rooms and courts are all interconnected, It has it's own name, the E.NUN. It has a similar plan to private houses with added features like washing places, stele, benches, etc. There are storage jars, weavers pits, a large kitchen, and economic tablets attest to a varied activities involved in running an estate. | (none) |
- 2 Locations
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Ur Excavations Texts I: Royal Inscriptions | Ur Excavations Texts I: Royal Inscriptions | 1928 | Gadd, C.J., Legrain, L., Smith, S., Burrows, E.R. | (none) |
| Ur Excavations Texts VIII.2: Royal Inscriptions Part II | Ur Excavations Texts VIII.2: Royal Inscriptions Part II | 1965 | Sollberger, E. | (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:30 Page:170 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:30 Page:170 | (none) |
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Context
Ur >> Dublalmah | LL
Excavation Context: Ur >> Giparu | KP >> Ningal Temple | Unit C | A-P 1-8