Description (Catalog Card): 8 fragments of broken clay jar necks. With short inscription giving the capacity in qa (pint) measures 172/172/77/192/189 qa etc. outside decorated with 5 grooves. [drawing]1     
Description (Archival): CBS Register: 2 fr. of broken jar clay supports (?) ring form. or jar necks. short inscript. of capacity. 77 1/2 . 189 ga.2     
Find Context (Catalog Card): SE end of E-gig-par of Nabonidus     
Material (Catalog Card): Clay3     
U Number: 6745A     
Museum: University of Pennsylvania Museum      
Object Type: Vessels/Containers >> Closed Forms >> Jars      
Season Number: 04: 1925-1926      
Description (Modern): Two fragments of a broken vessel, rim sherds. Four carinations. Cuneiform signs inscribed on the inside. Brownish gray clay. U number on object.      
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Fired >> Pottery/Ceramic      
Museum Number (UPM B-number): B162344     
Measurement (Thickness): 162     
Measurement (X): 1192     
Measurement (Y): 732     
[1] Woolley's description
[2] Data collected during Penn Museum conservation review of ceramics.
[3] Material as described by Woolley
[4] There are two sherds under this museum number, thus the same number is used on sub-letters A and C of the group.

Locations: 6745A 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 Media Title Title Label Author Omeka Label
Leon Legrain Note Card Leon Legrain Note Card (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)
Ur Excavations IX; The Neo-Babylonian and Persian Periods Ur Excavations IX; The Neo-Babylonian and Persian Periods 1962 Woolley, L. and Mallowan, Max (none)
Woolley's Catalog Cards Woolley's Catalog Cards Card -- BM ID:194 Box:33 Page:178 Card -- BM ID:194 Box:33 Page:178 (none)
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