Architectural Elements
This category includes elements used in constructing or decorating buildings.
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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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 11692 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cone. Fragment. Inscribed on head. Has beginning of 3 lines of a King of Larsa. |
| 1191 | (none) | 1924,0920.22 | (none) | Large black diorite gate-socket, dedicated in the cult-temple of GIMIL-SIN, king of Ur (3rd Dynasty), by a certain Lugal-magu-rri, patesi of Ur. The inscription of 16 lines is engraved on the upper surface partly surrounding the socket hole. |
| 1192 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Portion of a shaft of a clay cone, with second column (13 lines) of an inscription of Lipit-Ishtar, king of Isin. Duplicate of U.4, and SAKI, p.204. 3 and clay, Miscellaneous Inscription no. 27. P. |
| 1197 | (none) | 1924,0920.389 | (none) | 5 fragments (3 joined) of the base of a large clay cone, with traces of inscription of Kudur-Mabug, king of Larsa. Duplicate of U.212, U.217, U.325, U.333, etc. Joined piece. |
| 1200A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 Portions of large baked clay cone of Warad-Sin, king of Larsa, commemorating his building E-temen-ni-gur. (A) Consistent of the base, complete, and part of the shaft. (B) Is small piece from one side of top of shaft. Inscription duplicate of U.19 and U.700. R1 No 131 |
| 1200B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 Portions of large baked clay cone of Warad-Sin, king of Larsa, commemorating his building E-temen-ni-gur. (A) Consistent of the base, complete, and part of the shaft. (B) Is small piece from one side of top of shaft. Inscription duplicate of U.19 and U.700. R1 No 131 |
| 1206 | (none) | (none) | B15612, B15612 | Pot sherd, upon the outside of which promiscuous cuneiform signs have been inscribed in an archaic hand, presumably as practice. P. | |
| 1208 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Massive brick diorite gate-socket, with 8 lines, inscription of Kurigalzu. |
| 12503 | 30-12-252 | (none) | (none) | Diorite. Door socket. Kurigalzu. In text: Nannar courtyard. Kassite (21). HC113. |
| 12504 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Diorite gate socket. Ur Nammu. Inscription = Brick inscription SAK 186a. HC114. |
| 12567 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Small fragment of archaic accounts. HC 331 |
| 12568 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cone. Fragment (nearly complete text). Sumuilum = R1U 115. Variant as U.7777. |
| 12569 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cone. Fragment. Nur-Aded. Beginning of two columns of which Col. 1 =R1U 112. Col. 2 =R1U 111 col 2. HC 117 |
| 12570 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cone. (Warad-Sin or Rim-Sin). Fragment. Part of 14 lines. Partly identical with R1U 130. (Perhaps identical inscription? But RIU 130, 10 is different in one sign; and present inscription is from first or incomplete column of stem (and corresponding part of R1U 130 is from a second column (of head?). HC 116 | |
| 12571 | (none) | 1948,0423.89 | (none) | Brick. Sin-iddinam complete (30 lines) R1U 119. HC 115 |
| 1262 | (none) | 1924,0920.250 | (none) | Baked clay cone, the apex missing, but inscription intact. 14 lines in one column inscription of: Sin-balatsu-ikbi, governor of Ur, recording his restoration of E-temen-ni-gur, in honor of the god Sin. R1 No. 183 |
| 12769F | (none) | 1928,1010.725 | (none) | [A.1-.7] Fragments of colored pottery. Various pottery fragments - [B] a wheel, [C-D] 2 handles, [E] clay made of blade, [F] cone etc., and a [G] shell tubular bead 36mm long pierced longitudinally and also transversely at each end. |
| 12773 | (none) | 1928,1010.714 | (none) | Brick. Plano-convex. |
| 12779A | (none) | 1928,1010.786 | (none) | [A-C] Bricks. 3. Plano-convex, burnt, measuring L. 0215 Width 010 ht. 008 [D-E] Also 2 measuring [reference to dimensions] and having rounded corners. L. 023 Width 0125 ht. 0075 |
| 12779B | (none) | 1928,1010.785 | (none) | [A-C] Bricks. 3. Plano-convex, burnt, measuring L. 0215 Width 010 ht. 008 [D-E] Also 2 measuring [reference to dimensions] and having rounded corners. L. 023 Width 0125 ht. 0075 |
| 12779C | (none) | 1928,1010.808 | (none) | [A-C] Bricks. 3. Plano-convex, burnt, measuring L. 0215 Width 010 ht. 008 [D-E] Also 2 measuring [reference to dimensions] and having rounded corners. L. 023 Width 0125 ht. 0075 |
| 12779D | 31-16-349 | (none) | (none) | [A-C] Bricks. 3. Plano-convex, burnt, measuring L. 0215 Width 010 ht. 008 [D-E] Also 2 measuring [reference to dimensions] and having rounded corners. L. 023 Width 0125 ht. 0075 |
| 12779E | 31-16-350 | (none) | (none) | [A-C] Bricks. 3. Plano-convex, burnt, measuring L. 0215 Width 010 ht. 008 [D-E] Also 2 measuring [reference to dimensions] and having rounded corners. L. 023 Width 0125 ht. 0075 |
| 12970 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cone. =RIU 127. Warad-Sin. Baghdad token. |
| 12971 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cone. 3 fragments = RIU 131. Warad-Sin. |
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