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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 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. |
| 264 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Body and base of large white stone jar, top broken, Inscribed "Rimush, king of the world." |
| 289 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of black stone vase. Last sign of last line of a dedication. Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 297 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cone. Nearly complete. Inscription, Ur-Engur, E-temen-ni-il. Duplicate of 201 [presumably U.201]. Placed in IN/No.4 |
| 300 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay Cone. nearly complete, only the top missing. Inscribed. Ur-Engur, E-temen-ni-il, Duplicate of 201 [presumably U.201] placed in IN/No.4 |
| 304 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Limestone relief. Fragment of, In bad condition. Subject: a man kneeling rt and castrating a bull (?): the bull much damaged: to l. part of a fowl (?) on a large scale. Probably Chaldaean period. |
| 309 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fr of statuette. Base and feet only preserved. Steatite, dark There are holes pierced horizontally through the base as if to attach it to something |
| 319 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Nearly complete. Found in T.T.B.20, see U315. Dated. |
| 326 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cone. Broken. Inscription, probably of Ur-Engur, mostly broken [crossed out] illegible, partly broken. Duplicate of Ur-Engur's canal insc. [Placed in IN/No.2 crossed out] Baghdad |
| 328 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cone. Fragment of. Beginnings of 2 lines of Ur-Engur's inscription concerning E-TEMEN-NI-IL. Duplicate of 201 [presumably U.201] Scrapped. Placed in IN/No. 4. |
| 330 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cone. Complete. Inscription of Nur-Immar on base and shaft. Duplicate of U.327. Placed in IN/No. 6 |
| 331 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cone. Fragment of. Inscription: beginnings of 5 lines illegible. Placed in IN/No. 2 |
| 334 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay Cone. Base of. Broken. Inscription of a son of Kudur Mabug Arad-Sin. Duplicate of U.19 [Crossed out] Placed in IN/No. 3 |
| 342 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Nearly complete. Found TTB20, See U315 Dated. |
| 345 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cone. Top of. Inscription of Ur-Engur concerning E-TEMEN-NI-IL. Duplicate of U.201. Placed in IN/No. 4 |
| 349 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Top of. Same find as U.336 in TTB/Z. Dated reign of Gimil-ilishu. |
| 352 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Nearly complete. Same findd as U.336. TTB/Z Dated in reign of Ishme-Dagan. (Date partly illegible: concerns the year when I.D. [Ishmee-dagan] set up a great throne for the go d En(lil?). |
| 355 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Nearly complete. Same find as U.336 in TTB/Z. Dated in reign of Ishme-Dagan. |
| 360 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Broken. Same find as U.336 in TTB/Z. Dated in reign of Ishme-Dagan. "Year when Ishme-Dagan the king appointed the high priest of Enlil by the omens and........." |
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