Description (Catalog Card): PAP-SU-GAL. Mud figures. 4 snakes. Neo-Babylonian.3     
Find Context (Catalog Card): Found in same place as rest of collection of mud figurines. KP     
Measurement (Catalog Card): L. 010     
U Number: 6771A1     
Object Type: Figural Objects >> Figurines >> Zoomorphic 2     
Museum: British Museum      
Season Number: 05: 1926-1927      
Description (Modern): Hand modelled clay figurine depicting serpent.2     
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Fired 2     
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Clay      
Museum Number (BM Registration Number): 1927,0527.2232     
Measurement (Length): 1022     
Measurement (Width): 202     
[1] U number divided because Woolley double assigned number in field. His division remains.
[2] Data collected by British Museum research team.
[3] Woolley's description

Locations: 6771A | 1927,0527.223 Export: JSON - XML - CSV

Location Context Title Context Description Description (Modern)
Giparu | KP The excavation area given the abbreviation KP was eventually found to be the site of the ancient building known as the giparu (alternatively e-gig-par or gig-par-ku). Mostly dedicated to the goddess Nin-gal, Nanna's consort, it was also in various periods the residence of the entu priestess. The abbreviation KP, however, stands for King's Palace because Woolley initially thought this might be the site of Shulgi's palace, the ehursag. The giparu was a very long-lived building, though it underwent many changes over many centuries. Most striking were the changes in the Neo-Babylonian period when Woolley shows it combining with the dublalmah to the east. He believed that by this point the building was not sufficient to house the Ningal temple and the entu priestess together, and thus the so-called Palace of Belshaltinannar was constructed outside the temenos specifically to house the priestess herself. At times Woolley refers to the giparu as the Great Ningal Temple, which can be confusing as the Kassite and Neo-Bablyonian Ningal temples had moved onto the ziggurat terrace to the north of the giparu (Area HD). Furthermore, parts of the giparu were excavated under area abbreviations other than KP in season 3 when the full extents of the building were only just coming to light. The northern portion originally carried the abbreviation HDB and the southeastern portion, SF. (none)
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Media: 6771A | 1927,0527.223 Export: JSON - XML - CSV

Media Media Title Title Label Author Omeka Label
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)
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