Architectural Elements

Architectural Elements is a large category that encompases building material such as bricks, elements of buildings such as door/gate sockets and drain pipes, and decorations including wall cones of various sizes and styles. This larger category also includes models of columns, houses, shrines, and tombs. They are constructed from all materials and date to all periods.

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
1354	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment from base of inscribed clay cone of uncertain authorship: 2 or 3 signs alone remain.
1355	(none)	(none)	B15614, B15614	Fragment from top of stem of large clay cone apparently of (Nur)-Adad, King of Ur and Larsa. Ends of 8 lines. P.
1356	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment of black diorite, with traces of an inscription, probably of the 3rd Dynasty of Ur.
1357	(none)	(none)	(none)	Gate socket of Ur-Nammu, with inscription duplicate of the bricks from the Ziggurat. SAKI p.186a.
1367	(none)	(none)	B15322, B15322	Sandstone gate socket of Kurigalzu, with inscription similar to that of U.1208, 9 lines.
1368	(none)	1924,0920.390	(none)	Fragment from base of stem of a clay cone, with the remains of a royal inscription of unknown authorship. Beginnings of 11 lines.
1454	(none)	(none)	B15619, B15619	Portion of the base of large clay cone, with inscription in 2 columns. Mostly illegible and authorship uncertain: possibly contains a dedication to Nergal. P.
1515	(none)	(none)	(none)	Large clay cone. Nearly complete, but surface damaged. Inscription of Warad-Sin, king of Larsa, duplicate of U.1200, etc.
1516	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay cone. Ur-Nammu, commemorating his construction of the canal of Ur.
1517	(none)	(none)	B15613	Clay cone of Ur-Nammu. Inscription duplicate of U.1515. P.
1561	(none)	1924,0920.251	(none)	Base of baked clay cone, with (originally) several narrow columns of inscription of which the first is preserved intact. Inscription of Enannatum I, governor of Lagash, referring to his work in connection with an IB-GAL of the goddess Quanna.
1591B	(none)	(none)	B15615	Card Missing
1595	(none)	(none)	(none)	Base of cone of Ur-Nammu, with remains of inscription fuplicate of U.872.
1596	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment of cone, duplicate of preceding.
1597	(none)	1924,0920.391	(none)	Fragment of cone, mostly illegible, duplicate of preceding.
1632	(none)	(none)	(none)	Baked clay cone of Ur-Nammu, top broken away; text records building of a temple to Enlil, and digging of a canal called En-sig-nun. Cf. U.872, U.1595-U.1597
1633	(none)	(none)	(none)	Part of base and stem of baked clay cone of Rim-Sin, king of Larsa, recording his building of a temple to the Moon-god. Duplicate, with small variants, of U.781.
1634	(none)	1924,0920.247	(none)	Baked clay cone(point broken) of Ur-Nammu, recording his digging of the canal called Nun, in honor of the Moon-god. Duplicate of U.918.
1649	(none)	1924,0920.249	(none)	Baked clay cone, (point broken) of Ur-Nammu, recording his building of a temple to Enlil and digging a canal called En-sig-nun. Duplicate of U.1632 etc.
1663	(none)	(none)	(none)	Gate socket, (sandstone?) with traces of an almost completely obliterated inscription probably of Kurigalzu.
1664	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment of brick, with part of first 5 lines of inscription of Sin-balatsu-igbi.
1697	(none)	1924,0920.392	(none)	Fragment of baked clay cone of Warad-Sin duplicate of U.19, U.700, etc. Contains beginnings of Column I lines 8-12.
1727	(none)	(none)	(none)	Black stone, of irregular shape, broken, probably part of a gate socket. On a smoothed surface is a 8 line inscription of Bur-Sin, king of Ur, recording his building of a ge-par for the goddess Nin-gal.
2520	(none)	1927,1003.36	(none)	Clay cone. greyish color. Inscribed. Fragment. Half of second column. Restoration of temple and ?? III Ur Dynasty. Ink drawing.
2521A	(none)	1927,1003.22	(none)	Clay cone. Canal inscription of UR-ENGUR. Yellow reddish clay, slightly baked. One complete and two fragments : For Nannar - his king - Ur-Engur - the valiant hero - king of Ur - king of Sumer and Akkad - the ID - NUN (grand canal) - his beloved canal - he has dug out. 11 lines. Ink drawing.