Door/Gate Sockets
This category includes large ground stones with circular depressions on one side.
Mesopotamian doors had large wooden posts that extended past the threshhold. This post rested in the depression of a gate/door socket. The door then pivoted on this post, and the sokept kept it in place. The socket was set into the floor, so the top of the socket was aligned with the floor. Most sockets were inscribed with a dedicatory inscription from the ruler/govenor to a god/goddess recording achievements and building projects.
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 3172 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Ur-Engur Door-socket. Usual inscription. In text: Kassite period (14) |
| 3224 | (none) | 1927,1003.1 | (none) | Door-socket of Bur-Sin. Diorite 52 lines inscription. Building of Dub-lal mah for Nannar. Probably duplicate of U.1163 (Photo. Book II p.147) H.C. |
| 3261 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Ur-Engur Door-socket. Usual inscription. |
| 3337 | (none) | 1927,1003.2 | (none) | Door-socket of Gimil-Sin. dGimil-dSin, beloved of Enlil, king called by Enlil, the beloved of his heart mighty king, king of Ur, king of the 4 regions of the world, his beloved house, he has built. H.C. |
| 420 | (none) | (none) | B15324, B15324 | Basalt hinge-socket of GIMIL ILISHU. | |
| 421 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Basalt hinge-socket of GIMIL ILISHU. |
| 422 | (none) | (none) | B15323 | Basalt hinge-socket of UR-ENGUR. |
| 423 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Basalt hinge-socket of UR-ENGUR. |
| 424 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Basalt hinge-socket of UR-ENGUR. The stone had been cut down and re-used between the Nebuchadnezzar and the Persian periods: its connection with the door was not certain. |
| 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. | |
| 6335 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Door-socket of dGIMIL-SIN placed in his beloved shrine by servant Lugal-magurri patesi of Ur. Fragment of 6 last lines. Text: EH(3) |
| 6336 | (none) | 1927,0527.3 | (none) | Door-socket of Ur-Nammu. To Nin-sum. He built her house. E. |
| 6353A | (none) | 1927,0527.4 | (none) | [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] |
| 6353B | (none) | 1927,0527.6 | (none) | [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] |
| 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] | |
| 6353D | (none) | (none) | (none) | [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] |
| 6353E | (none) | (none) | (none) | [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] |
| 6353F | (none) | (none) | (none) | [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] |
| 6353G | (none) | (none) | (none) | [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] |
| 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) |
| 6354B | (none) | (none) | (none) | (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] | |
| 6357B | (none) | 1927,0527.2 | (none) | [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] |
| 6357C | (none) | 1927,0527.5 | (none) | [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] |
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