Oriental Institute
| Title | Oriental Institute |
| View | Nippur Expedition 5 |
| Series | III: Events |
| Description | Doors swung on posts and rested on cavities in stones such as this door socket, which contains an inscription of King Shulgi (Ur's Third Dynasty), recounting his rebuilding of the temple of Inanna, goddess of love and war. A joint archaeological expedition of the University of Chicago and the University of Pennsylvania discovered the temple in the city of Nippur in Iraq. |
| Subject Terms | Inanna (Deity) | Shulgi, King of Ur | Nippur (Extinct city)--Antiquities | Temple of Inanna (Nippur) | Doors-Iraq | Excavations (Archaeology)--Iraq |
| Photograph Date | 1952 |
| Physical Format | Photographic prints; 16.5 x 11.6 cm |
| Location | Iraq |
| Collection | Archival Photographic Files |
| Repository | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center |
| Image Identifier | apf3-01660 |
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