Stelas

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)
	3265A	(none)	(none)	B16676	Fragments of stone stela. Three. Largest shows two men beating drum & above lower part of seated god with priest(?) before him leading or driving captives(?) For inscription on fragg. see accompanying card. Large Limestone Stela. (A) Drummers fragt: Inscription on 2 registers: Records canal cutting. Canal of Nannar-gu-gal (?); canal Ki-Sur-ra; Canal ( )-na; Canal ( ) mah(?); canal gu-dug(?) of Eridu; Canal gu-ur of Nin-gir-su(?). Second register illegible. Perhaps name of the king who erected the stela. (C) Second fragt ...he restored. Who ever with an evil hand... (D) Third fragt. 2 signs.
	3265B	(none)	(none)	B16676	Fragments of stone stela. Three. Largest shows two men beating drum & above lower part of seated god with priest(?) before him leading or driving captives(?) For inscription on fragg. see accompanying card. Large Limestone Stela. (A) Drummers fragt: Inscription on 2 registers: Records canal cutting. Canal of Nannar-gu-gal (?); canal Ki-Sur-ra; Canal ( )-na; Canal ( ) mah(?); canal gu-dug(?) of Eridu; Canal gu-ur of Nin-gir-su(?). Second register illegible. Perhaps name of the king who erected the stela. (C) Second fragt ...he restored. Who ever with an evil hand... (D) Third fragt. 2 signs.
	3265C	(none)	(none)	B16676	Fragments of stone stela. Three. Largest shows two men beating drum & above lower part of seated god with priest(?) before him leading or driving captives(?) For inscription on fragg. see accompanying card. Large Limestone Stela. (A) Drummers fragt: Inscription on 2 registers: Records canal cutting. Canal of Nannar-gu-gal (?); canal Ki-Sur-ra; Canal ( )-na; Canal ( ) mah(?); canal gu-dug(?) of Eridu; Canal gu-ur of Nin-gir-su(?). Second register illegible. Perhaps name of the king who erected the stela. (C) Second fragt ...he restored. Who ever with an evil hand... (D) Third fragt. 2 signs.
	3265D	(none)	(none)	B16676	Fragments of stone stela. Three. Largest shows two men beating drum & above lower part of seated god with priest(?) before him leading or driving captives(?) For inscription on fragg. see accompanying card. Large Limestone Stela. (A) Drummers fragt: Inscription on 2 registers: Records canal cutting. Canal of Nannar-gu-gal (?); canal Ki-Sur-ra; Canal ( )-na; Canal ( ) mah(?); canal gu-dug(?) of Eridu; Canal gu-ur of Nin-gir-su(?). Second register illegible. Perhaps name of the king who erected the stela. (C) Second fragt ...he restored. Who ever with an evil hand... (D) Third fragt. 2 signs.
	3266	(none)	(none)	B16676	Fragment of stone stela. Obverse and reverse show king standing and flying angel pouring water for blessing on lands. Condition very bad. Ur-Nammu stela. In cat.
	3328	(none)	(none)	B16676	Stone stela fragment. Shows portion of figure holding up libation cup before altar, behind which a nude figure, supported by priest in attitude of devotion. Ur-Nammu stela in Cat.
	3329	(none)	(none)	B16676	Fragments of stone stela (U.2761, U.3264) representing building scene. Ur-Nammu stela in cat.
	3330A	98-9-12	(none)	B16676	Fragments of stone stela (U.2761, U.3264, U.3329) with details of figures, dress, stone surface, etc... Ur-Nammu stela in cat.
	3330B	98-9-13	(none)	B16676	Fragments of stone stela (U.2761, U.3264, U.3329) with details of figures, dress, stone surface, etc... Ur-Nammu stela in cat.
	3330C	98-9-14	(none)	B16676	Fragments of stone stela (U.2761, U.3264, U.3329) with details of figures, dress, stone surface, etc... Ur-Nammu stela in cat.
	3330D	98-9-15	(none)	B16676	Fragments of stone stela (U.2761, U.3264, U.3329) with details of figures, dress, stone surface, etc... Ur-Nammu stela in cat.
	3330E	98-9-16	(none)	B16676	Fragments of stone stela (U.2761, U.3264, U.3329) with details of figures, dress, stone surface, etc... Ur-Nammu stela in cat.
	3330F	98-9-16	(none)	B16676	Fragments of stone stela (U.2761, U.3264, U.3329) with details of figures, dress, stone surface, etc... Ur-Nammu stela in cat.
	3330G	98-9-20	(none)	B16676	Fragments of stone stela (U.2761, U.3264, U.3329) with details of figures, dress, stone surface, etc... Ur-Nammu stela in cat.
	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.
	6363	(none)	(none)	B16205	Fragment of an Alabaster Stela of Rim-Sin. Rebuilds E-nun-azag to (Nin-Gal). E.
	6409	(none)	(none)	B16676	Fragment of Stela of Ur-Nammu. White limestone. Male figurine in high relief wearing cloak. Well known type. Head in profile, body 3/4 face. Flowing cloak covering left shoulder and leaving right exposed. Traces of fringe on the cloak in the center of the body, 3 incised lines below neck probably indicate the cloak collar. Right arm bent at the elbow, forearm horizontal, hand and wrist lost. Left arm lost. Bearded head, pronounced forehead. Head is covered by closely fitting woollen cap. Face in poor condition, but shows careful modelling. Legs lost. E. in Cat.
	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.
	6612	(none)	(none)	B16665	Alabaster stela. Fragment: broken but complete. Lunar disk. Religious? Scene. Three figures only remain in relief on the left - shaven male figure, right arm extended, upper arm only remains. Lower part of body fragmentary. Figure is apparently in profile. Middle figure head lost: left arm mutilated and lower portion of dress lost: arms and apparently head in profile but body full face. Figure is clothed in flounced kaunakas skirt, 6 tiers of flounces showing. Dress covered upper arm but left forearm exposed. Left hand rests on chest, right arm held upright and hand lost. Behind, a clean shaven bald-headed male figure, 3/4 face, left arm held below breast; right arm bent at elbow and held upright carrying an object which may be a torch. Left hand holds a sword which runs diagonally across left side. Figure is apparently draped in a thin waist cloth, mutilated below waist. Typical Sumerian head. At back fragment of an inscription.
	6683A	98-9-66	(none)	(none)	[A-B] 2 fibulae. Bronze. Neo-Babylonian. [drawing 1:1]
	6691	(none)	(none)	B16682	Stela. Blue grey. Fragment. Above: 3 male fig[ure]s in relief, body full face, head arms and legs in profile, clothed in flounced kaukanes sheep skin coats. Right hands over breast, heads turned to the left but faces are lost. Traces of finely cut hair on back of head of middle figure. Dress typically Sumerian. Below waist consists of 2 tiers of wide flounces, 6 pleats covering front of body. Above waist garment rendered by fine and numerous parallel wavy lines. Below the male figs is a second tier of female figures of which only 2 remain. Primitive inscription above heads. Female figs are in the same attitude as male; head in profile, body full face. Figs badly mutilated and lost below breast. Heads look to left, hands of first female crossed over breast, fingers pointing up to shoulders. Both shoulders covered by garment represented by fine wavy lines as on upper portion of male figs. Hair tucked up in a bunch round right ear and flowing down side. Traces of unsmoothed edges & holes indicate that outline of figs was made by a drill. cf. Stela of the Vultures Pre-Sargonid. Broken inscription: ...ka, he has filled abundantly, the Eanaka, he has replenished. H.C. Linear writing of Ur Nina of Lagash. (Found out of position). E. [A note appears on the back of the catalog card, writing largely illegible]
	6965	(none)	(none)	(none)	(none)
	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.
	6965.10	(none)	1927,0527.16	(none)	[.1-.18] Black stone prism (5 or 6 gonal) Bilingual text. Probably Hammurapi. Large fragments. H.C. E.

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