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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 6744 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Door-Socket of Ur-Nammu. Bluish diorite? Badly dammage - Same inscription as U.2736 to Innina with a variant 1.2 Nin-azag-nun-na. ? See text |
| 6364 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Door-socket of Ur-Nammu. Builder of E nannar Usual inscription. 4 to B. H.C. |
| 6336 | (none) | 1927,0527.3 | (none) | Door-socket of Ur-Nammu. To Nin-sum. He built her house. E. |
| 6722A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Door-socket of ^(d)Gimil-^(d)Sin. His own beloved house. Same inscription U.3337. 2 to B. 1 to E. H.C. |
| 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. | |
| 2771 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Door-socket. Ur-Engur. Bluish stone (flakes easily) usual inscription. In text: 3rd Dynasty Terrace(12) |
| 874 | (none) | 1923,1110.39 | (none) | Fragment of Diorite vessel. Ends of 4 lines of a longer inscription. Unintelligible. |
| 10613 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of Door-socket. Inscription Equivalent to last 5 lines of Bur Sin, U.295, U.1727 Found at same time as fragmentary diorite statue) Later; Another fragment, joining, giving end of lines 2-5. |
| 1357 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gate socket of Ur-Nammu, with inscription duplicate of the bricks from the Ziggurat. SAKI p.186a. |
| 1663 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gate socket, (sandstone?) with traces of an almost completely obliterated inscription probably of Kurigalzu. |
| 295 | (none) | 1923,1110.3 | (none) | Gate socket, Basalt. Inscription on smooth surface, with shoulder below. Records the building of A.A22AG.GA.NI GIG.KISAL[Above] by Bur-Sin I. Copied and transliterated. |
| 18300 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gate socket. Diorite. Of Gimil-Sin text partly obliterated. |
| 294 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gate socket. Inscription of Ur-Engur. Illegible |
| 293 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gate socket. Limestone. Inscription of Kurigalza, badly damaged. Copied. |
| 3059 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gimil-Sin. Door-socket. (Perhaps to Ningal?? But the name of the god is almost illegible) ?Gimil-Sin, beloved of Enlil, king whom Enlil has chosen in his heart, mighty king, king of Ur, king of the 4 regions of the world, (her or his?) house he has built. H.C. |
| 6703 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Inscribed (d?)En-men-an-na. =Lord of the heavenly crown Pr. Name or name of Nannar? H.C. B. |
| 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. |
| 1208 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Massive brick diorite gate-socket, with 8 lines, inscription of Kurigalzu. |
| 1367 | (none) | (none) | B15322, B15322 | Sandstone gate socket of Kurigalzu, with inscription similar to that of U.1208, 9 lines. |
| 7830 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Socket. Diorite. UrNammu = 2749 etc. |
| 10614 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Fragment Diorite Beginning of a dedication: Possibly belongs with U.10138: but found not with the latter but with fragmentary diorite statue. In text, see U.1359 etc.HC..4b |
| 10615 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Fragment Diorite? Beginning of a dedication by Dungi (found at same time as U.10,613; U.10, 614) |
| 2855 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Ur-Engur door-socket. Usual text: builder of E-Nannar. |
| 2772 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Ur-Engur Door-socket. Bluish stone. Usual inscription. In text: 3rd Dynasty Terrace(12) |
| 3032 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Ur-Engur Door-socket. Common in scripot: builder of E-Nannar. In text: Kassite period(13) |
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