7809
| Description (Catalog Card): | Tablets About 166 small tablets (mostly very small) of which c.118 are complete and many perfect. Ur III dynasty dates. Collected in boxes and not marked.1 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | SM against SE face & SE wall |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Clay2 |
| U Number: | 7809 |
| Object Type: | Writing and Record Keeping >> Tablet |
| Season Number: | 05: 1926-1927 |
| Description (Modern): | Cuneiform tablets (about 166, see comments) |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Unfired |
| Tablet ID Number: | P468160 |
| Notes: | According to Jacobsen (1953: Review of UET III published in AJA 57:125-128) the large number of tablets originally given the single number U.7809 in the field were separated by Legrain and given new U numbers from between seasons, numbers not originally assigned but repurposed later. These numbers are U.4930-4950, U.7285-8 and U.9361-9500. |
| [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) |
- 1 Location
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 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:36 Page:43 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:36 Page:43 | (none) |
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