Description (Catalog Card): Duck weight. Badly damaged. "To Ningal, his lady, dShulgi the mighty man, king of Ur, king of the four regions of the world---" (? Material) E. Type VI. H.C.2     
Find Context (Catalog Card): KP     
Material (Catalog Card): Stone3     
Measurement (Catalog Card): 150mm by 60mm     
Text Genre: Royal/Monumental      
Dates Referenced: Shulgi     
U Number: 6954     
Museum: British Museum      
Object Type: Weights and Measures >> Balance Pan Weights >> Duck Weights 1     
Season Number: 04: 1925-1926      
Culture/Period: Ur III      
Description (Modern): Large duck weight, one side partly preserved up to head on back. One eye of head seen engraved, below on side is inscription of Shulgi: For Ningal, his lady, Shulgi the mighty man king of Ur king of the four regions badly broken, loss ca.80%1     
Description (Modern): Object is not sealed.     
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Stone 1     
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals      
Museum Number (BM Big Number): 118552     
Museum Number (BM Registration Number): 1927,0527.25     
Museum Number (BM Big Number): 118552     
Tablet ID Number: P226821     
Measurement (X): 140.01     
Measurement (Y): 90.01     
Measurement (Z): 60.01     
[1] Data recorded by Dr. William B. Hafford.
[2] Woolley's description
[3] 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: 6954 | 1927,0527.25 Export: JSON - XML - CSV

Media Media Title Title Label Author Omeka Label
Ur Excavations Texts I: Royal Inscriptions Ur Excavations Texts I: Royal Inscriptions 1928 Gadd, C.J., Legrain, L., Smith, S., Burrows, E.R. (none)
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Woolley's Catalog Cards Woolley's Catalog Cards Card -- BM ID:194 Box:34 Page:97 Card -- BM ID:194 Box:34 Page:97 (none)
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