Description (Catalog Card): Diorite Block Fragment cf. U.10614 HC 41     
Find Context (Catalog Card): PD (=Ziggurat Court.)     
Material (Catalog Card): Diorite2     
Measurement (Catalog Card): fragm.of insc. 6x3     
[1] Woolley's description
[2] Material as described by Woolley
[3] Internal UPM list compiled by: Barrett. 1976. Near East Section, Ur, Inscribed Objects

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Location Context Title Context Description Description (Modern)
Great Nanna Courtyard | PD The meaning of this two-letter designation is unclear. It may derive from Woolley's search for Shulgi's palace and may thus stand for Palace of Dungi. Woolley came to realize, however, that it was an enormous courtyard surrounded by rooms, and at times in the excavation it was simply referred to as the Ziggurat Courtyard. The path through the court led to the ziggurat terrace and eventually to the temple atop it. The court was likely a gathering place for special occasions of worship to the moon god (whose name Woolley read Nannar, but which we read today as Nanna). Therefore, Woolley eventually dubbed this space the Great Nannar Courtyard. Area PD is the large space to the east of the ziggurat terrace, substantially lower in elevation than the base of the ziggurat. It had many floors over many periods. It consisted of a large paved courtyard (some 50 x 75 meters) surrounded by rooms that may have been used for storage. Because of indentations in some of the wall faces, Woolley believed there was once an inset wooden colonnade along some of the walls. (none)
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Media Media Title Title Label Author Omeka Label
Ur Excavations Texts VIII.1: Royal Inscriptions Part II Ur Excavations Texts VIII.1: Royal Inscriptions Part II 1965 Sollberger, E. (none)
Woolley's Catalog Cards Woolley's Catalog Cards Card -- BM ID:194 Box:44 Page:174 Card -- BM ID:194 Box:44 Page:174 (none)
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