The only inscribed door socket attested from the reigns of the last kings of Assyria comes from Ur. The object, which was recycled from the upper part of an older kudurru (boundary stone) and which is in the shape of a coiled snake, was found in situ in Edublalmaḫ ("House, Exalted Door Socket"), an especially holy part the moon-god temple Ekišnugal at Ur.[72] The bottom is inscribed with a thirty-eight-line Sumerian inscription of Sîn-balāssu-iqbi of Ur. This dedicatory inscription, which is written in two equal-length columns, records that the governor of Ur, a son of the previous governor Ningal-iddin, commissioned a new door for Etemennigurru, which he had placed on its former position and over a foundation deposit; the door was made from boxwood (Sumerian taškarin) and outfitted with silver and copper fixtures. The text concludes with a curse against anyone who erases Sîn-balāssu-iqbi's inscription or alters the door socket's location.
[72] Asb. 2003. See George, House Most High p. 79 no. 203 for further details on Edublalmaḫ.
Jamie Novotny
Jamie Novotny, 'Stone Door Sockets', RINAP 5: The Royal Inscriptions of Ashurbanipal, Aššur-etel-ilāni, and Sîn-šarra-iškun, The RINAP/RINAP 5 Project, a sub-project of MOCCI, 2023 [http://oracc.org/rinap/rinap5/rinap53introduction/surveyofinscribedobjects/stonedoorsockets/]