6831 | 1927,0527.34
Description (Catalog Card): | Plaque. White limestone. 2 registers. Square hole perforated through middle. Religious scene. Above, King enthroned, draped in flowing garment, plain, holding vase to breast, cup-bearer pouring libation over altar and 3 sons? Of king. Below cup-bearer pouring libation over altar, and 3 figures two of whom carry lambs to sacrifice. Before 3000 BC. E.1 |
Find Context (Catalog Card): | Found against cross beamed mud wall on NE end of KP |
Material (Catalog Card): | Limestone2 |
Measurement (Catalog Card): | 260mm by 220mm by [illegible, less than 100mm] |
U Number: | 6831 |
Museum: | British Museum |
Object Type: | Figural Objects >> Plaques/Reliefs |
Season Number: | 04: 1925-1926 |
Description (Modern): | Wall plaque, libation scene |
Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Stone >> Sedimentary >> Limestone |
Museum Number (BM Big Number): | 118561 |
Museum Number (BM Registration Number): | 1927,0527.34 |
[1] Woolley's description |
[2] Material as described by Woolley |
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Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
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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 |
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British Museum Photo Negatives | British Museum Photo Negatives | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
Field Photographs | Field Photographs | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
Ur Excavations IV; The Early Periods | Ur Excavations IV; The Early Periods | 1955 | Woolley, L. | (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:33 Page:267 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:33 Page:267 | (none) |
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