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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 10105A | (none) | (none) | B92838 | Clay Cone. [A-B] Two fragments duplicates of Libit-Ishtar, =U.4, re. Giving first column (cf. U.10, U.137 = second column) [C]Another, including on head nearly complete (from house site top rubbish). Column 2 1L ends with ma-ka (cf U.10137). [D]Another fragment [E]Another fragment |
| 7818A | (none) | (none) | B17244 | [A-D] Gate sockets (four). Inscription of Marduk-nadin-ahi. c. 1116-1101. HC.40 | |
| 7818C | (none) | (none) | B17244 | [A-D] Gate sockets (four). Inscription of Marduk-nadin-ahi. c. 1116-1101. HC.40 |
| 7719 | (none) | (none) | B17227, B17227 | Clay cone of Rim-Sin to Nergal. Inscribed in dupliate on head and stem. Inscription on stem of U.640 apparently corresponds (acc. to the photograph) to col. 2 of U.7719. = dupl. of 640. HC.19. | |
| 7776B | (none) | (none) | B17226 | Clay cone Sumuilum Fragment Inscription nearly complete = variants of U.7772 (U.2634, etc.) (in last 3 lines) Another fragment of this type. With text on head complete. And a fragment of stem which may belong with preceding. HC 22 | |
| 7711 | (none) | (none) | B17225, B17225 | Clay cone. Ibi-Sin. Fragmentary. Prob = (the fragmentary) U.2576 but contains fuller text. HC.12. | |
| 8835 | (none) | (none) | B17224 | Clay cone. New? of Enannatum the high-priest of Nannar for the life of Eungunum (of Larsa and) Ur. Dedication to Dagan, Lord of the grat gods. A second column missing. H.C.68. [Handwriting not Woolley] |
| 7142 | (none) | (none) | B16658 | Clay drain. Light drab. Ring shaped with covered top and raised lip. Decorated on covered top with 2 nobs and crescent on pole. IIIrd Dynasty. E. [drawing] | |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B16657 | (none) | |
| 6357A | (none) | (none) | B16568 | [A-M] Diorite door-socket of Bur-Sin. To Nin-gal, his lady. Bur-Sin, the mighty, king of Ur, king of the 4 regions of the world her Gig-par-azag has built, for his life he has presented. Cf. U.3031, 6334. And a fragment of a second door-socket. 7 to B. [Baghdad] 6 to E. [Expedition] | |
| 6353C | (none) | (none) | B16567 | [A-G] Door Socket of Ur-nammu. Diorite. To Ningal his lady Ur-Nammu, the mighty man, king of Ur, King of Sumer and Akkad her Gig-par-azag-ga, has built. 4 to E [UPM and BM] 3 to B [Baghdad] | |
| 6738 | (none) | (none) | B16566, B16566 | Door-socket. To dGimil iluSin King of Ur? etc? his god, (Ni?)-kal-la shakkanak his servant has built his house (shrine, temple?). H.C. | |
| 6334 | (none) | (none) | B16565 | Door-socket of Bur-Sin. To Nin-gal. Construction of Gig-par-azag. Same inscription U.295, U.3031 [The following is a note on the back of the catalog card] For catalog of Vol VII. | |
| 6354 | (none) | (none) | B16564 | Diorite Door Socket of Ur-Nammu to Nin-e-gal. To Ninegal his lady, Ur-Nammu, the mighty man, king of Ur, king of Sumer and Akkad, has built her house. 1 to B. 1 to E. H.C. | |
| 6354A | (none) | (none) | B16564 | (none) |
| 3317 | (none) | (none) | B16563, B16563 | Brick. Probably Larsa counting board. [drawing] | |
| 2728 | (none) | (none) | B16562 | Broken brick with graphic plan or game? P.35. In text: 3rd Dynasty Terrace (13) and Fig. [drawing 1:2] | |
| 2883 | 84-26-131 | (none) | B16560 | Bricks of Nabonidus. House of the priestess. Nabonidus, king of Babylon who adorns E-sag-i-la and Ezida, the E-gig-par, the house of the priestess, which is inside of Ur, for Sin, my lord I built. H.C. |
| 3148A | (none) | (none) | B16559 | Brick of Sinbalatsu igbi. Fragment. H.C. |
| 3148 | (none) | (none) | B16559 | (none) |
| 3299C | (none) | (none) | B16558 | Brick of Sin balalsu iqbi 2 stamps: face and side. Same text as U.3250. Except var. 11.6-7: "E As-an-bur, the shrine of Enlil." |
| 3298D | (none) | (none) | B16557 | Sinbalatsuiqbi 1/2 brick. 2 stamps side and face. same text as U.3250. Except variant 11.6-7: "E-sag-dug-ga, the shrine of his Enlil-ship. (=Lordship)" | |
| 3297F | (none) | (none) | B16556B | Sinbalalsuiqbi 1/2 brick 2 stamps, side and face. Same text as U.3250 Variant U.6-7: "E-ashur the place of his royalty" | |
| 3297D | (none) | (none) | B16556A | Sinbalalsuiqbi 1/2 brick 2 stamps, side and face. Same text as U. 3250. Variant U. 6-7: E-ashur "The place of his royalty." | |
| 6341B | (none) | (none) | B16554, B16554 | Brick: of Sin balatsu iqbi Fragment. Var. of text of U.3161a |
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