The National Museum of Iraq

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)
	30	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment of clay circular tablet. (school exercise type) [drawing]. [Annotated] Placed in IN/No 2
	39	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay figurine. [drawing 1:1]
	58A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Bronze bowls, 2. Much crushed and broken, and completely oxidized,. Roughly hemispherical.
	58B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Bronze bowls, 2. Much crushed and broken, and completely oxidized,. Roughly hemispherical.
	74	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay cone. Inscribed. Upper part. Lower part broken off in antiquity. [Annotated] Duplicate of U.4. [Annotated] Ur Texts I: R.1.106 [Annotated] Placed in IN/No.5.
	76A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-BQ] 64 tablets and fragments of tablets, numbering in all 15-20 tablets of the contract type, Persian period, mostly dated in the reign of Ataxerxes. A single hoard in burnt stratum near surface, near a large pot. [BR-BX]+7 tablets and fragments of the same hoard in the small box. [BY]+1 fragment from the same hoard placed in the small box
	88	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay pot. Pinkish drab clay, wheelmade. Type XI.
	139	(none)	(none)	(none)	Lapis lazuli. Fr of inlay. Apparently hair. [drawing 1:1]
	152	(none)	(none)	(none)	String of beads. Red transluscent pebble, small barrels. 25 in all: found scattered and strung together.
	156A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Unknown
	163	(none)	(none)	(none)	Duck weight. Carnelian. Type VI
	164	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Baked clay. Inscribed [Annotated] contract dated in reign of Ishme-Dagan. Year when I.D. the king set up a throne for Enlil (and) a shrine of gold weighing?. +7 shekels. (Same forumla as U.352)
	165	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Baked clay. Inscribed (corner chipped) [Annotated] account tablet dated in reign of Ishme-Dagan.
	171	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Fr of. Inscribed: [Annotated] Account Tablet.
	199	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Set of medium-sized opaque white glass ball beads, 18 in all, with these 6 ball or barrel beads of black and white glass imitation agate. All found close together and strung up on chance.
	200	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. String of mixed beads, carnelian, paste, crystal, etc. Restrung from isolated beads found on the level of the broken stone vases, but not in their vicinity: mostly towards the NW corner of the room. All deep down in the floor packing.
	201	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay cone. Lower part. Inscr. [Annotated] of Ur-Engur recording the building of E-temen-ni-il. See SAKI p.188 Tonnagal A. [Annotated] Duplicates: U.214, U.204, U.185, U.243A, U.228, U.229, U.300, U.297, U.301, U.161, U.527, U.528, U.529, U.530, U.531, U.533, U.557, U.701, U.717, U.746-8, U.871, U. 937, U.345, U.326, U.436, U.115 [referencing other sites] [Annotated] Placed in IN/No 4
	208	(none)	(none)	(none)	Mace head. White marble. Complete, but top moulding and one side chipped, and part of inscription missing. [Annotated] Dedication of mace head to Nannar bu Ur-Engur for his life. (1) Nannar. (2) lugal-a-ui. (3) Ur-Engur. (4) mtah-kal-gu. (5) lugal Uri-ki-ma. (6) lugal Ki-en-gi ki-uri ge. (7) (uam ti) - la-ui-su. (8) (um) - na-du. [Annotated] Baghdad
	219	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Dark green-grey steatite. Fragment. Face flat, inscribed: the central part of the text has been destroyed by hammering. The back is rounded and plain: it also shows hammer marks. [Annotated] Records the name of certain objects dedicated. [Annotated] Sent to Baghdad.
	222	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet of Dark steatite. Complete. Inscription on face with text in 7 registers and on back with one line. [Annotated] Dedication of a temple by Dungi to Min-Sak. [Annotated] Copied and transliterated. Placed in P.R. [Annotated] Sent to Baghdad.
	223	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet of dark steatite. Broken across. Inscribed on both flat face and rounded back: on the face 8 1/2 lines of broken text remain, on the back 7 and a small bit. [Annotated] Dedication to Adad by Rim-Sin. [Annotated] Copied and transliterated. Placed in P.R. [Annotated] Sent to Baghdad.
	224	(none)	(none)	(none)	Dark Steatite vase. fr. of rim. On the outside, carved in relief in very fine and free style: a male figure kneeling on l knee, body l, face front, holds up 2 vases of water each vase being grasped round the neck by the hand of other figures (mostly missing) in similar positions.
	229	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay cone. Lower part of. Inscribed. [Annotated] Ur-Engur, duplicate of 201 {Annotated] Placed in IN/No. 5
	235A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-D] 4 Stone plumb-bobs . two are pierced transversely. two from the top to the side.
	243A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay cone. 2 fr of.Base and tip. Inscribed. [Annotated] (A) Inscription of Ur-Engur, duplicate of 201 [presumably U.201]. (B) Only broken signs remain. The two fragments to do not belong to one another. [Annotated] U243A placed in IN/No4 U243B placed in IN/No2.

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