Description (Catalog Card): Clay statuette. Baked. Seated female figure, naturalistic above, peg shaped below. Heavily cut large eye sockets. Prominent breasts. Incised marks below neck indicate collar of cloak. E. [drawing 1:1]3     
Description (Archival): Nude female figure, seated, wearing necklace and long curls; "Snowman" technique4     
Description (Archival): Terracotta. seated figure. nude votary. arms broken. curled hair. necklace. 74 mm high,5     
Find Context (Catalog Card): Larsa floor KP.     
Material (Catalog Card): Terracotta6     
Measurement (Catalog Card): Ht 008 W. arm to arm 0055 [L.83mm, W.50mm based on 1:1 drawing]     
U Number: 6664     
Object Type: Figural Objects >> Figurines >> Anthropomorphic      
Museum: University of Pennsylvania Museum      
Season Number: 04: 1925-1926      
Description (Modern): Nude female figure, seated, wearing necklace and long curls votary, arms broken "Snowman" technique grayish white clay. U number on object.      
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Fired >> Terracotta      
Museum Number (UPM B-number): B16265     
Measurement (X): 80     
Measurement (Y): 49     
Measurement (Z): 40     
[1] Iconography tagged by Penn Museum research team.
[2] Technique tagged by Penn Museum research team.
[3] Woolley's description
[4] Data extracted from Penn EMU collections database.
[5] CBS Register
[6] Material as described by Woolley

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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 Media Title Title Label Author Omeka Label
British Museum Photo Negatives British Museum Photo Negatives (none) (none) (none)
Field Photographs Field Photographs (none) (none) (none)
Leon Legrain Note Card Leon Legrain Note Card (none) (none) (none)
Leon Legrain Note Card Leon Legrain Note Card (none) (none) (none)
UPM Field Photo numbers UPM Field Photo numbers (none) (none) (none)
Woolley's Catalog Cards Woolley's Catalog Cards Card -- BM ID:194 Box:33 Page:97 Card -- BM ID:194 Box:33 Page:97 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur_Notes_v4_p001 Ur_Notes_v4_p001 (none)
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