Stelas
This category includes large stones or slabs with inscribed or sculptured surfaces.
This object is an upright stone or slab with inscribed or sculptured surface used as a monument or commemorative tablet in buildings.
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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 98 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Veined agate fragment. Inscribed with a dedication to Nannar. |
| 154 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Dolerite stela. Fr of, shewing rounded top of stela and head of god wearing cap with horns. About 8th century BC [Annotated] Drawn FgN |
| 277 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone fragment. Only traces of an inscription remain. Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 756 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Inscribed stone fragment. Portions of signs from bottom line of inscription. Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 988 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone fragment. Portions of 3 line inscription. |
| 1356 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of black diorite, with traces of an inscription, probably of the 3rd Dynasty of Ur. |
| 3158 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Votive stone of Utu-hegal (BC 2350). Fragment diorite. Text: (To Nin-)gal, (beloved wife of) Sin, (his lady), (for) the life, of Utu-hegal, king of Uruk, king of the (4 regions of the world) Ur ( dEngur?) vice [regent] of Ur, (to) the mother of E-gish(-shir)-gal in Ur... utu Hegal, king of the Vth uruk Dynasty before Ur dEngur. H.C. |
| 3173 | (none) | 1927,1003.59 | (none) | Stele of dUtu-hegal. White limestone. Fragment. Has part of [crescent drawing] and inscription To d(Nannar?), king of ( ), his king, for the life of Utu-hegal the mighty hero, king of Uruk, king of the 4 regions of the world, (x, has) (devoted this?) H.C. |
| 3263 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of 2 Columns (?) Inscription. Bluish stone (soapstone?) About BC 2100. H.C. |
| 3355 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of inscribed slab. Black diorite. Royal inscription? king of Larsa? H.C. |
| 6339 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of black stone. One line of inscription. ( )mah dNin-gal: the great [ ] of Ningal - Perhaps door? Inscribed from right to left (reversed like inscription on seal) Edge of the stone worn by use. Ur. H.C. No. 70. |
| 6587 | (none) | 1927,0527.1 | (none) | Fragment of Ur Nammu stela. Upper portion of frieze showing portion of crescent, upper part of headdress and 2 more crescents from left to right. Re-used in later period as door-socket. IIIrd Dynasty. | |
| 6683A | 98-9-66 | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 fibulae. Bronze. Neo-Babylonian. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 6965.1 | (none) | 1927,0527.7 | (none) | [.1-.18] Black stone prism (5 or 6 gonal) Bilingual text. Probably Hammurapi. Large fragments. H.C. E. |
| 6970 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bur-Sin Stelae. Inscribed: to Nin-Gal (same as on door-socket) |
| 6971 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bur-Sin Stelae. Inscribed: to Nin-Gal (same as on door-socket) |
| 6972 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bur-Sin Stelae. Inscribed: to Nin-Gal (same as on door-socket) |
| 7846 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone fragment. Steatite. Containing two archaic signs. HC.50. B. |
| 10614 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Fragment Diorite Beginning of a dedication: Possibly belongs with U.10138: but found not with the latter but with fragmentary diorite statue. In text, see U.1359 etc.HC..4b |
| 10615 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Fragment Diorite? Beginning of a dedication by Dungi (found at same time as U.10,613; U.10, 614) |
| 11164 | (none) | 1928,1010.3 | (none) | Stela. Originally of wood, (now perished) carved on 2 sides and the ends with mosaic in shell, lapis, and red stone. One side virtually complete, the other badly damaged: one end largely preserved and attached to the side sheet, the other end gone: NB. a goat rampant, in bad condition, belongs to the middle register of this end. 3 registers: on 1-side, war, with soldiers on foot and in chariots: on the other, peace, with the royal family feasting & servants bringing provisions,etc. |
| 11677 | (none) | 1927,0527.24a | (none) | Fragment of Statue(?) Diorite inscribed. |
| 13680 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster fragment. Inscribed with beginning of dedication(?) dBARA den-lil-gar-ra ddumu-zi E-IGI-NIM. HC.8 |
| 16002 | (none) | 1931,1010.3 | (none) | Stone stela. Fragment of lower part of black shale stela, with rough and for insertion in stand, and bas of raised frame, containing an inscription of 1 column, 10 lines. All sculpture missing. Naram-Sin. HC.UET 8/2 (hand Copied by Legrain) [CARD MISSING: information from later typed transcription] |
| 17717 | 32-40-436 | (none) | (none) | Pictograph. Limestone. [drawing 1:1] |
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