Description (Catalog Card): Terracotta mould for adze head. [drawing 1:2]1     
Find Context (Catalog Card): SM?     
Material (Catalog Card): Clay2     
Measurement (Catalog Card): L. 175mm, H. 50mm, depth 25mm approx     
U Number: 7677     
Museum: University of Pennsylvania Museum      
Object Type: Tools and Equipment >> Moulds >> Tool/Weapon      
Season Number: 05: 1926-1927      
Description (Modern): Mould for an axe head. Rhomboidal in shape. Thick edges.      
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Fired >> Terracotta      
Museum Number (UPM B-number): B17223     
Measurement (X): 180     
Measurement (Y): 72     
Measurement (Z): 48     
[1] Woolley's description
[2] Material as described by Woolley

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Location Context Title Context Description Description (Modern)
SM The meaning of this excavation area abbreviation is not clear, but its location is known to be immediately southeast of the giparu (KP) extending to the ehursag (HT) in the east. Badly preserved remains of a building were found here, distinct from the giparu. On a tentative reconstruction of the ground plan, Woolley suggests the original structure measured some 35x40 meters. The building remains date to the Isin-Larsa/Old Babylonian period and many small tablets recording business transactions were found within. T.C. Mitchell, editing the UE 7 volume published after Woolley's death, notes that many of these tablets actually date to the reigns of Shulgi and Amar-Sin. According to Woolley, some of the tablets were twisted together as if in the process of being recycled to reuse their clay for new tablets. He also suggests, very tentatively and based only on a few minor and out-of-place bricks, that this building was originally a temple to Nin-Ezen. (none)
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Media Media Title Title Label Author Omeka Label
Woolley's Catalog Cards Woolley's Catalog Cards Card -- BM ID:194 Box:35 Page:180 Card -- BM ID:194 Box:35 Page:180 (none)
Leon Legrain Note Card Leon Legrain Note Card (none) (none) (none)
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