6771D

Iconography:	Animal/Zoomorphic >> Serpent/Snake ²
Technique:	Manufacture >> Molded >> Modeled in the Round ³

Description (Catalog Card):	PAP-SU-GAL. Mud figures. 4 snakes. Neo-Babylonian.⁴
Description (Archival):	2 unbaked clay figurine of serpents.⁵
Find Context (Catalog Card):	Found in same place as rest of collection of mud figs. KP
Material (Catalog Card):	Terracotta⁶
Measurement (Catalog Card):	L. 0097

U Number:	6771D¹
Object Type:	Figural Objects >> Figurines >> Zoomorphic
Museum:	University of Pennsylvania Museum
Season Number:	04: 1925-1926
Description (Modern):	Figurine of a snake. Brown clay.
Material:	Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Fired >> Terracotta
Museum Number (UPM B-number):	B16275B
Measurement (X):	104
Measurement (Y):	27
Measurement (Z):	27

[1] U number divided because Woolley double assigned number in field. His division remains.

[2] Iconography tagged by Penn Museum research team.

[3] Technique tagged by Penn Museum research team.

[4] Woolley's description

[5] CBS Register

[6] Material as described by Woolley

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)

Media Title	Title	Label	Author	Omeka Label
British Museum Photo Negatives	British Museum Photo Negatives	(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:33 Page:203	Card -- BM ID:194 Box:33 Page:203	(none)
Woolley's Catalog Cards	Woolley's Catalog Cards	Card -- BM ID:194 Box:33 Page:204	Card -- BM ID:194 Box:33 Page:204	(none)