The National Museum of Iraq

This museum is located in Baghdad, Iraq. It has about half of the objects from Ur.

The National Museum of Iraq is located in Baghdad and contains relics from the Mesopotamian Civilization.  It was closed in 2003 and re-opened in 2015.  This museum has about half of the objects from Ur.  

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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)
8806G 52-30-99 (none) (none) [A-Q] Tablets. Business. 17 tablets. [R-AB] 11 fragments. dates on small tablets: (A) Dungi 36, (B) Dungi 37, (C) Dungi 41 (D) Dungi 54, (E) Mu-us-sa-bi. A: cf.U.7827 ppp?, F: cf.U.8810 F?
7836A 52-30-89 (none) (none) [A-U] Tablets. Principally contracts. [lettered on card in lower case Greek, transliterated in order written from a-s, skipping j] (A) contract dated to 36th year of Rim-Sin. NB envelope marked alpha goes with this) (B) multiplication table: 4 times. (C) (fragment of envelope in lot U.7837 goes with this?) (D) date: Rim-Sin 55. (E) date apparently (a variety?) of Hammurabi (mu H)a-am-mu-ra-bi; (nu-u)h-ush-ni-shu- mu-un-ba-a(l) (F) _ (G) contract beginning with 18 or more nom. prop. of witnesses. date = ?... (H) Rim-Sin 36. (I) _ [J] [Not assigned] (K) _ (L) _ (M) _ (N) _ (O) _ (P) _ (Q) _ (R) same date as s. (S) same date as r. (T) Rim-Sin 12. (U) others. with omega cf. U.7827p.p.p. HC.59 (seal impressions) (the copies restored from many impressions. When from cover, verification from inner tablet required)
7836E 52-30-81 (none) (none) [A-U] Tablets. Principally contracts. [lettered on card in lower case Greek, transliterated in order written from a-s, skipping j] (A) contract dated to 36th year of Rim-Sin. NB envelope marked alpha goes with this) (B) multiplication table: 4 times. (C) (fragment of envelope in lot U.7837 goes with this?) (D) date: Rim-Sin 55. (E) date apparently (a variety?) of Hammurabi (mu H)a-am-mu-ra-bi; (nu-u)h-ush-ni-shu- mu-un-ba-a(l) (F) _ (G) contract beginning with 18 or more nom. prop. of witnesses. date = ?... (H) Rim-Sin 36. (I) _ [J] [Not assigned] (K) _ (L) _ (M) _ (N) _ (O) _ (P) _ (Q) _ (R) same date as s. (S) same date as r. (T) Rim-Sin 12. (U) others. with omega cf. U.7827p.p.p. HC.59 (seal impressions) (the copies restored from many impressions. When from cover, verification from inner tablet required)
8810A 52-30-76 (none) (none) [A-H] Tablet. (A) Fragment of the list of year-dates of the dinasty of Larsa similar to the prism published by Thureaudengin; but some differences. The 6th and 7th years of Abisare are transposed. The 10th and 11th year are different and confirm T-D's conjecture, Lachronol---p.18, note 16. Also, fragments of 1st 2 lines and of end of 1st col. - not identified. (B) Fragment of religious text? (C) Frag. tablet containing impression of seal of servant of a king whose name ended in ? (Obvious bottom right corner) (D) Tablet complete case, with unusual inscription? (E) Fragment of large tablet. The rest small business documents, etc. (F) cf. U.8816F? (G andH) Do one of these belong with U.7705? (A) HC.60 (C) HC.61
8806F 52-30-65 (none) (none) [A-Q] Tablets. Business. 17 tablets. [R-AB] 11 fragments. dates on small tablets: (A) Dungi 36, (B) Dungi 37, (C) Dungi 41 (D) Dungi 54, (E) Mu-us-sa-bi. A: cf.U.7827 ppp?, F: cf.U.8810 F?
8806M 52-30-65 (none) (none) [A-Q] Tablets. Business. 17 tablets. [R-AB] 11 fragments. dates on small tablets: (A) Dungi 36, (B) Dungi 37, (C) Dungi 41 (D) Dungi 54, (E) Mu-us-sa-bi. A: cf.U.7827 ppp?, F: cf.U.8810 F?
16811 52-30-61 (none) (none) Clay Tablet. Babylonian letter. To: I-li-..., from: ^dSin-... [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
16089C 52-30-259 (none) (none) [A-C] 3 clay tablets. (a) Semitic Babylonian letter to E-a-na-si-ir from Mu-ha-du-um; UET/V:29 (b) Commercial (?); (c) Commercial; HC.30/VIII, 2.; UET/V:804 UET/V:520 [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
8811H 52-30-257 (none) (none) Tablet. Mostly fragments of large account tablets, anciently broken: a few small whole business tablets - a round tablet - part of a 9 times multiplication table - seal impression (in matchbox).
7827S 52-30-238 (none) (none) [A-X] Tablets. Contracts and accounts of Larsa - Bab I period. (cf. also U.7832). Dates: (A) Sumuilum 1; (B) Sumuilum 1; (C) Rim-Sin 49; (D) Samsuiluna, etc. fc. (M) (N) lists of names. many fragments: p.p.p.) fragments of one large tablet cf. U.7836W (or 8806A); t.t.) seem to belong together; Q) seal impression; S) contract with many fragments of its envelope (with seal impression); W) cf. U.7832L; X) cf. U.7832B.
7827L 52-30-235 (none) (none) [A-X] Tablets. Contracts and accounts of Larsa - Bab I period. (cf. also U.7832). Dates: (A) Sumuilum 1; (B) Sumuilum 1; (C) Rim-Sin 49; (D) Samsuiluna, etc. fc. (M) (N) lists of names. many fragments: p.p.p.) fragments of one large tablet cf. U.7836W (or 8806A); t.t.) seem to belong together; Q) seal impression; S) contract with many fragments of its envelope (with seal impression); W) cf. U.7832L; X) cf. U.7832B.
441 52-30-199 (none) (none) Tablet. Accounts on obverse, dated at bottom of 4th col rev (date illegible) Same find as U.339 in TTB9.
7827G 52-30-195 (none) (none) [A-X] Tablets. Contracts and accounts of Larsa - Bab I period. (cf. also U.7832). Dates: (A) Sumuilum 1; (B) Sumuilum 1; (C) Rim-Sin 49; (D) Samsuiluna, etc. fc. (M) (N) lists of names. many fragments: p.p.p.) fragments of one large tablet cf. U.7836W (or 8806A); t.t.) seem to belong together; Q) seal impression; S) contract with many fragments of its envelope (with seal impression); W) cf. U.7832L; X) cf. U.7832B.
16089A 52-30-188 (none) (none) [A-C] 3 clay tablets. (a) Semitic Babylonian letter to E-a-na-si-ir from Mu-ha-du-um; UET/V:29 (b) Commercial (?); (c) Commercial; HC.30/VIII, 2.; UET/V:804 UET/V:520 [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
16522B 52-30-187 (none) (none) [A-F] 6 clay tablets. [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] (A) muididigna ba-ba-al Rim-Sin (SAKI 237); (B) muidXX-na ba-ba-al..... (C) (mu id) idigna ba-ba-al... (D) mu bad-gal...d u-a..., H.C. 30/IX, 1;, UET/V:816; (E) Babylonian letter; (F) Babylonian letter to: E-a-na-sir; From Ar-bi-tu..., UET/V:7; see also UET/V:23; UET/V: 614.
8806L 52-30-186 (none) (none) [A-Q] Tablets. Business. 17 tablets. [R-AB] 11 fragments. dates on small tablets: (A) Dungi 36, (B) Dungi 37, (C) Dungi 41 (D) Dungi 54, (E) Mu-us-sa-bi. A: cf.U.7827 ppp?, F: cf.U.8810 F?
8806N 52-30-181 (none) (none) [A-Q] Tablets. Business. 17 tablets. [R-AB] 11 fragments. dates on small tablets: (A) Dungi 36, (B) Dungi 37, (C) Dungi 41 (D) Dungi 54, (E) Mu-us-sa-bi. A: cf.U.7827 ppp?, F: cf.U.8810 F?
7836T 52-30-126 (none) (none) [A-U] Tablets. Principally contracts. [lettered on card in lower case Greek, transliterated in order written from a-s, skipping j] (A) contract dated to 36th year of Rim-Sin. NB envelope marked alpha goes with this) (B) multiplication table: 4 times. (C) (fragment of envelope in lot U.7837 goes with this?) (D) date: Rim-Sin 55. (E) date apparently (a variety?) of Hammurabi (mu H)a-am-mu-ra-bi; (nu-u)h-ush-ni-shu- mu-un-ba-a(l) (F) _ (G) contract beginning with 18 or more nom. prop. of witnesses. date = ?... (H) Rim-Sin 36. (I) _ [J] [Not assigned] (K) _ (L) _ (M) _ (N) _ (O) _ (P) _ (Q) _ (R) same date as s. (S) same date as r. (T) Rim-Sin 12. (U) others. with omega cf. U.7827p.p.p. HC.59 (seal impressions) (the copies restored from many impressions. When from cover, verification from inner tablet required)
7787A 52-30-121 (none) (none) Tablets 20 business documents; principally contracts (including 4 covered with seal impression, which are unmarked in a box): dated to latter part of Kassite dyn. (13 cent.): cf. (A) ^dsa-gar-rak-ti-Su-ri-ia-as 9: 1262-50 (B) ^dRamman-sum-iddin(SUM)-na l(mu-sag) 1238-33 (C) ^dRamman-sum-nazir 1232-03. (D) ^dRamman-sum-nazir. (therefore dates of QS High level = 1262-1175)
3485 47-29-422 (none) (none) No catalog card exists for this object: U.3400-U.4929 [possibly an error for U.3400-U.3989 since little evidence for tablets with numbers after U.3989 exists] fell unassigned between seasons 3 and 4. They were later used for tablets found in Season 3 in areas PD, TTB, and ES (Jacobsen AJA 57:128).
3682 47-29-389 (none) (none) No catalog card exists for this object: U.3400-U.4929 [possibly an error for U.3400-U.3989 since little evidence for tablets with numbers after U.3989 exists] fell unassigned between seasons 3 and 4. They were later used for tablets found in Season 3 in areas PD, TTB, and ES (Jacobsen AJA 57:128).
3820 47-29-351 (none) (none) Not Assigned
3423 47-29-182 (none) (none) No catalog card exists for this object: U.3400-U.4929 [possibly an error for U.3400-U.3989 since little evidence for tablets with numbers after U.3989 exists] fell unassigned between seasons 3 and 4. They were later used for tablets found in Season 3 in areas PD, TTB, and ES (Jacobsen AJA 57:128).
19727 35-1-651 (none) (none) Stone vase. 'alabaster'. JN 26.
17811D 32-40-325 (none) (none) Group. From one burial. (A) [A, E-I] Six gold earrings, small hollow lunate type, worn in sets of 3 in each earrings, small hollow lunate type, worn in sets of 3 in each ear. (B) Gold finger ring, thin metal with edges bent inwards to form a ribbed hoop. [drawing] (C) Beads: lapis diamonds, gold double conoids, silver disks, carnelian and steatite lentoids. (D) Cylinder seal, shell: hunter and lion and 2 columns of inscription.

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