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Catalog by theme

Giorgio Buccellati – January 2024

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Data Structure

As a preliminary suggestion, the catalog includes four types of entries, as follows:

typological
label
(with link
to catalog
by field number,
when available)		 field
number(s)
(with link
to UGR entry)		 best image
(with link to larger image)		 definition notes


alternative types of label (the first is the one used below):

TGL.kt1 (t for Tupkish)
TGL.kt2
TGL.kt3
TGL.ke1 (e for endan of Tar'am-Agade)
TGL.ki1 (i for Ishar-kinum)		 TGL.1
TGL.2
TGL.3
TGL.4
TGL.5		 TGL.k200 (for Tupkish)
TGL.k201
TGL.k203
TGL.k230 (for endan of Tar'am-Agade)
TGL.k250 (for Ishar-kinum)

1-199 for earlier dates
300-999 for later dates

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RELIGIOUS THEME

TGL.r1 A15.270 bull sacrifice
TGL.r2 A16.108 Shamash

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KINGS

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Tupkish (ca. 2300 B.C.)

TGL.kt1 Alq1036.10
A5.163
A5.187
A5q951.4
AKc.k1		 globular object notes
TL.kt2 A1.221
A1.455
Alq922.7
AKc.k2		 reclining lion
TGL.kt3 Alq922.6 warrior with helmet
TGL.kt4 Alq914.8 god with raised foot
TGL.kt5 AAlq981.19 Tupkish inscription only
TGL.kt6 A5.46 Tupkish inscription only

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Tarߴam-Agade’s endan (ca. 2250 B.C.)

TGL.ke1 A13.15 Tarߴam-Agade's endan

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Ishar-kinum (ca. 2250 B.C.)

TGL.ki1 A14.239
A14c1		 Ishar-kinum

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QUEENS

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Uqnitum (ca. 2300 B.C.)

TGL.qu1 A1.406 family scene

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Tarߴam-Agade (ca. 2250 B.C.)

TGL.qt1 AFc1 bull-man/lion contest

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