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The palace grounds that included the museum were at the ancient building referred to as E-Gig-Par, which included Ennigaldi's living quarters [10] as well as subsidiary buildings. [ 5 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Ennigaldi's father Nabonidus , an antiquarian and antique restorer, [ 4 ] is known as the first serious archeologist. [ 2 ]
The Book of Jubilees states that Ur was founded in 1688 Anno Mundi (year of the world) by 'Ur son of Kesed", presumably the offspring of Arphachshad, adding that in this same year wars began on Earth. "And ’Ûr, the son of Kêsêd, built the city of ’Arâ of the Chaldees, and called its name after his own name and the name of his father."
The complaint tablet to Ea-nāṣir (UET V 81) [1] is a clay tablet that was sent to the ancient city-state Ur, written c. 1750 BCE.The tablet, which measures 11.6 centimetres (4.6 in) high and 5 centimetres (2.0 in) wide, documents a transaction in which Ea-nāṣir, [a] a trader, allegedly sold sub-standard copper to a customer named Nanni.
In 1982, Moorey edited Ur of the Chaldees, a republication of Leonard Woolley's 1954 Excavations at Ur, adding new photographs and information, and deleting some references to the Book of Genesis. [4] Moorey was a Fellow of the British Academy [3] and the Society of Antiquaries of London.
Sir Charles Leonard Woolley (17 April 1880 – 20 February 1960) was a British archaeologist best known for his excavations at Ur in Mesopotamia.He is recognized as one of the first "modern" archaeologists who excavated in a methodical way, keeping careful records, and using them to reconstruct ancient life and history. [1]
Ennigaldi's museum ceased operations at the latest around 500 BC; [6] changing climate conditions (including a change in the course of the Euphrates river, a drought, and the recession of the Persian Gulf) caused Ur to rapidly decline under Achaemenid rule and rendered the city uninhabited by that time.
The Ziggurat of Ur is the best-preserved of those known from Mesopotamia, besides the ziggurat of Dur Untash (Chogha Zanbil). [5] It is one of three well-preserved structures of the Neo-Sumerian city of Ur, along with the Royal Mausolea and the Palace of Ur-Nammu (the E-hursag).
The symbolism of prestige : an archaeological example from the royal cemetery of Ur. Michigan. Woolley, C.L. (1934). Ur Excavations II: The Royal Cemetery. London and Philadelphia. Zettler, R.L and Horne, L (eds.). (1998). Treasures from the Royal Tombs of Ur. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.