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NIPPUR EXCAVATION PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION, 1893-1900

By Conor Cote

Collection Overview
Title: Nippur Excavation Photograph Collection, 1893-1900

Predominant Dates: 1893-1900

Creator: Haynes, John Henry (1849-1910)

Extent: 7.0 Boxes

Arrangement: The photographs are arranged in numerical order. The original number scheme has been preserved.

Languages: English, Hebrew, Greek, Ancient (to 1453), Sumerian

Scope and Contents
This collection includes over 300 cyanotype photographs depicting artifacts, architecture, and scenes of excavation work from the excavation of Nippur (in modern Iraq), conducted by the University of Pennsylvania from 1888-1900. In addition to their archaeological interest, the images are notable for their portrayal of the local laborers who worked on the excavation. Several of the photographs are supplemented by archaeological annotations that provide details related to Sumerian architecture. The author of these annotations is unknown.

Box and Folder List

Box 1

Box 2:
Photograph 1: Temple. Includes architectural annotations.
Photograph 3a: Laborer working on wall.
Photograph 3b: Temple face.
Photograph 8: Ziggurat wall.
Photograph 138: Slipper coffin.
Photograph 143: Man reaching into slipper coffin.
Photograph 9: Three slipper coffins.
Photograph 78: Workmen excavating slipper coffins.
Photograph 104: Slipper coffin.
Photograph 10: Slipper coffin.
Photograph 144: Laborers gathered around excavation site.
Photograph 137: Coffin in front of wall.
Photograph 141: Laborers excavating coffins.
Photograph 11: Coffins filled with earth.
Photograph 12: Architectural element.
Photograph 14a: Ziggurat wall.
Photograph 87: Man with rod standing in ruined entryway.
Photograph 218: Temple ruins.
Photograph 14b: Temple site from afar.
Photograph 34b: Ziggurat wall.
Photograph 14c: Half-buried coffin.
Photograph 147: Coffin in fort wall.
Photograph 148: Laborer with pick axe sitting near coffin.
Photograph 95: Laborer sitting near coffin.
Photograph 149: Laborer kneeling next to coffin.
Photograph 20b: Well.
Photograph 30a: Fortress cistern. Includes architectural annotations.
Photograph 40: Laborer campsite and huts.
Photograph 83: Laborers digging in trench.
Photograph 71: Workmen standing near excavated pottery.
Photograph 15: Rock shelf.
Photograph 17: Temple court S.E. Includes architectural annotations.
Photograph 18: Fortress wall.
Photograph 19: Stone archway. Includes architectural annotations.
Photograph 20a: Temple. S.E. facade. Includes architectural annotations.
Photograph 22: Pre-Sargonic water channel. Includes architectural annotations.
Photograph 23: Pottery.
Photograph 25: Pottery.
Photograph 26: Ziggurat water conduit on N.E. facade. Includes architectural annotations.
Photograph 28b: Citadel well.
Photograph 29: Well.
Photograph 31a: Inscription.
Photograph 383: Stone tools.
Photograph 31b: Citadel well.
Photograph 32a: Pottery.
Photograph 32b: Laborers working near entryway.
Photograph 33: Water channel in temple area.
Photograph 34a: Architectural element.
Photograph 35: Brick wall.
Photograph 38: Brick wall.
Photograph 6: Stone figurine of bearded man.
Photograph 350: Stone head figurines.
Photograph 43: Stone figurines.
Photograph 45b: Pottery.
Photograph 46: Stone figurines depicted animals and men.
Photograph 45a: Stone figurines (various subjects).
Photograph 41: Stone figurines.
Photograph 42: Stone figurines.
Photograph 47: Stone figurines.
Photograph 49: West corner of temple ziggurat.
Photograph 52: West corner of temple ziggurat facing N.W.
Photograph 27: Stone inscription.
Photograph 30b: Stone inscription.
Photograph 28a: Pottery.
Photograph 355: Pottery.
Photograph 115: Temple.

Box 3:
Photograph 53: Conduit. S.W. face.
Photograph 54: Conduit. S.W. face.
Photograph 55: Symbols etched in stone.
Photograph 63: Pottery.
Photograph 66: Pottery.
Photograph 64a: Pottery.
Photograph 64b: Local people surrounding reed hut.
Photograph 65: House of foreman and his family.”Good example of reed construction.”
Photograph 61: Cave entrance.
Photograph 67: Woman with basket.
Photograph 68: Pottery.
Photograph 69a: Pottery.
Photograph 69b: Woman sitting near urn.
Photograph 70a: Pottery.
Photograph 122: Bathtub.
Photograph 70b: Bathtubs.
Photograph 105: Shelf.
Photograph 71: Pottery.
Photograph 72b: Man near coffin.
Photograph 98: Workmen digging.
Photograph 72c: Man with pick axe.
Photograph 193: Architectural foundation.
Photograph 99a: Cylindrical artifacts in rock wall.
Photograph 73: Coffin.
Photograph 17: Metal rings.
Photograph 92a: Tools.
Photograph 77a: Architectural element.
Photograph 108: Human remains in situ.
Photograph 77b: Burial site.
Photograph 280: Artifacts.
Photograph 78: Artifacts.
Photograph 80a: Coffins.
Photograph 80b: Woman sitting next to large pot.
Photograph 81: Mound of coffins.
Photograph 82: Urns.
Photograph 85: Slipper coffins.
Photograph 86: Slipper coffins.
Photograph 87: Slipper coffins.
Photograph 90: Workers standing near raised coffins.
Photograph 97: Late brick tombs.
Photograph 91: Urns in basket.
Photograph 92b: Well-preserved slipper coffin.
Photograph 93: Jewelry and tools.
Photograph 100a: Jewelry.
Photograph 94a: Slipper coffin with detailed ornamentation.
Photograph 94b: Metal (?) tools or fasteners.
Photograph 99b: Bowl.
Photograph 96: Basin.
Photograph 58: Tomb facade and stairway.
Photograph 100b: Urn.
Photograph 102: Stone basin.
Photograph 103: Clay vessel containing metal chains and rings.
Photograph 104a: Clay vessel containing metal chains and rings.
Photograph 104b: Worker sitting next to slipper coffins.
Photograph 104c: Human remains in slipper coffin.
Photograph 106a: Human remains in slipper coffin.
Photograph 106b: Shelves jutting from rock wall.
Photograph 106c: Tomb wall.

Box 4:
Photograph 109a: Workers at temple ruins.
Photograph 127a: Workers sitting at dig site.
Photograph 187: Workers sitting near temple staircase.
Photograph 109b: Temple staircase.
Photograph 159: Ridged clay urn.
Photograph 169: Clay cylinders.
Photograph 111: Brick wall.
Photograph 194: Slipper coffin.
Photograph 233: Column.
Photograph 114a: Workers preparing houses for winter. “Scene in camp from roof of house preparing houses for winter season.”
Photograph 113: Workers departing from excavation site.
Photograph 114b: Stone inscription.
Photograph 115: Stone inscription. “Naram Sin.”
Photograph 116: Sargon brick.
Photograph 119: Workers removing round tower over gate.
Photograph 122: Human leg bones.
Photograph 123: Ridged cylinder.
Photograph 124: Fort wall and interiors.
Photograph 125a: Inscribed tablet. Depicts kings, cupbearers, farmers, and livestock. Inscribed with various cuneiform characters.
Photograph 125b: Worker at dig site.
Photograph 126: Clay jug.
Photograph 127b: Workers eating at dig site.
Photograph 127c: Plate.
Photograph 241: Clay jugs.
Photograph 128: Workers eating at dig site.
Photograph 129a: Herd of camels in desert.
Photograph 129b: Stone column.
Photograph 242: Fossil.
Photograph 258: Jewelry. “Found in vase No. 8 belonging to coffin 101. 18 Dec. 1894.”
Photograph 130: Stone bowl with inscription.
Photograph 232: Stone column.
Photograph 131: Clay cylinders.
Photograph 152: Clay cylinder.
Photograph 153: Interior of clay cylinder.
Photograph 139: Urn containing human remains.
Photograph 132a: Burial urn.
Photograph 132b: Stone bowl with inscription.
Photograph 133: Stone bowl with inscription.
Photograph 134a: Clay container.
Photograph 134b: Burial urn.
Photograph 135: Burial urn containing human remains.
Photograph 140: Clay cylinder.
Photograph 136: Burial urn containing human skull.
Photograph 139b: Slipper coffins.
Photograph 140b: Stone artifacts. Miscellaeous articles found among crude bricks of early period. Dec 1892.
Photograph 144: Miscellaneous artifacts.
Photograph 142: Workers digging near well.
Photograph 147a: Brick structures.
Photograph 147b: Jewelry found in slipper coffins.
Photograph 148: Stone stairway.
Photograph 149: Man standing near brick wall with rifle.
Photograph 150b: Brick wall and window.
Photograph 150c: Jewelry found within tomb.
Photograph 161: Stone conduit.
Photograph 170: Brick foundation.
Photograph 151a: Burial urn.
Photograph 163: Brick wall.
Photograph 151b: Burial urns.
Photograph 153b: Strata in N.E. end of excavation site.
Photograph 154: Levels of temple walls.
Photograph 172: Burial urn.
Photograph 155: Levels of temple walls.
Photograph 110: Ridged urn.
Photograph 129c: Stone column.
Photograph 130b: Stone cylinders.
Photograph 134c: Clay cylinder.
Photograph 427: Stone wall.

Box 5:
Photograph 156: Man atop temple ruins.
Photograph 160: Clay pot.
Photograph 162a: Workers digging in pit.
Photograph 162b: Brick annex.
Photograph 163: Workers at dig site.
Photograph 169a: Shattered coffin containing human remains.
Photograph 169b: Temple walls.
Photograph 164: Chimney.
Photograph 180a: Chimney.
Photograph 181a: Stone foundation.
Photograph 165: Stone foundation.
Photograph 166: Workers digging at rock wall.
Photograph 170: Workers near excavated slipper coffins.
Photograph 199: Workers digging at rock wall.
Photograph 196a: Workers digging at rock wall.
Photograph 171a: Broken clay urn.
Photograph 172: Pottery.
Photograph 173: Ruins of Ziggurat from the East.
Photograph 176a: Slipper coffins.
Photograph 176b: Temple strata.
Photograph 177: Stone labyrinth.
Photograph 178a: Workers atop temple stairs.
Photograph 178b: Stone labyrinth.
Photograph 179: Stone labyrinth.
Photograph 180b: S.E. view of temple court.
Photograph 181b: S.E. view of temple court.
Photograph 181c: Subterranean entryways.
Photograph 182: Scattered bowls.
Photograph 185: Hilltop.
Photograph 186: Trenches cut into hillside.
Photograph 188: Miscellaneous articles found among crude bricks.
Photograph 189a: Miscellaneous articles found among crude bricks.
Photograph 189b: Exposed bricks in rock wall.
Photograph 281: Inscribed urn.
Photograph 190: Pottery.
Photograph 191: Tomb.
Photograph 257: Pottery
Photograph 194a: Workers ascending temple stairs.
Photograph 192: S.E. facade of temple from round tower.
Photograph 193: Workers at dig site.
Photograph 194b: Stone tools.
Photograph 195: Tunnel entrance.
Photograph 196b: Brick oven.
Photograph 197: Workers at stone wall.
Photograph 198: Family setting up ribs of reeds for housing.

Box 6:
Photograph 200: Ziggurat.
Photograph 201: Rulers (?).
Photograph 202: Workers having meal.
Photograph 203: Temple stairs.
Photograph 204a: Workers uncovering buried coffins.
Photograph 204b: Workers at temple stairs.
Photograph 207: Temple walls.
Photograph 208: Ziggurat exterior.
Photograph 209: Urn.
Photograph 211: Workers descending temple stairs.
Photograph 212: Slipper coffins.
Photograph 213a: Sand dunes near dig site.
Photograph 213b: N.E. side of temple staircase.
Photograph 214: Interior wall of temple.
Photograph 219: Temple floor.
Photograph 220: Temple strata.
Photograph 223: Cuneiform tablet (Map?).
Photograph 225: Temple archways.
Photograph 226: Temple stairs.
Photograph 240: Temple entrance.
Photograph 278: Pottery.
Photograph 242: Pottery.
Photograph 244: Slipper coffin.
Photograph 245a: “Castle” from the East. Two large windows are dining room, below is antiquity room.
Photograph 245b: Water wheel on the Euphrates.
Photograph 261: Water wheel on the Euphrates.
Photograph 262: Water wheel.
Photograph 255c: Palm garden.
Photograph 248: Temple archways.
Photograph 249a: View of surrounding desert from atop temple.
Photograph 249b: Ramp at S.E. face of temple.
Photograph 250: Dunes.
Photograph 247: “Castle” from the North.
Photograph 252: “Castle” from the N.W.
Photograph 253a: Ravine.
Photograph 253b: N.W. face of temple near W. corner.
Photograph 255a: Garden in front of “Castle”.
Photograph 255b: Tools.
Photograph 263: Clay urns.
Photograph 256: Clay urns.
Photograph 259: Workers at dig site.
Photograph 265: Reed house.
Photograph 269: Man standing in archway.

Box 7:
Photograph 277: Pottery.
Photograph 380: Clay urns.
Photograph 279: Clay jugs.
Photograph 288: Top view of temple site.
Photograph 289: Temple face.
Photograph 297: Stairs to temple rooftop.
Photograph 302: Workers digging at temple floor.
Photograph 305: Workers atop temple roof.
Photograph 308: Sculpture of headless man.
Photograph 309: Sculpture of headless man (Rear).
Photograph 311: Brick chimney.
Photograph 316: Pit at excavation site.
Photograph 319: Workers digging.
Photograph 329: Workers traveling to and from excavation site.
Photograph 330: Stone blocks.
Photograph 332: Pedestal.
Photograph 345: Small building S.W. of temple.
Photograph 346: Local man behind stone pedestal.
Photograph 347: Local man standing behind pile of debris.
Photograph 348: View from atop Ziggurat wall.
Photograph 358: Pottery.
Photograph 349: Ornamented stone artifact.
Photograph 352: Cuneiform tablet.
Photograph 354: Remains of stone frieze.
Photograph 356: Clay urns.
Photograph 357: Entablature.
Photograph 365: Set of miscellaneous artifacts.
Photograph 372: S.E. temple wall.
Photograph 375: Workers at dig site.
Photograph 376: Stone pedestal.
Photograph 381a: Clay urns.
Photograph 381b: Clay platter.
Photograph 385: Temple gate and tower.
Photograph 388: Temple vault.
Photograph 389: Temple gate.
Photograph 402: Native guard standing near bake oven