26550http://www165.123.244.137/subject/26550/MuseumBritish MuseumObject TypeRingsSeason Number05: 1926-1927MaterialCopper AlloyAubrey Baadsgaard, “Trends, Traditions, and Transformations: Fashions in Dress in Early Dynastic Mesopotamia” (PhD diss., University of Pennsylvania, 2008).U Number8013FDescription (Archival)Description Large spiral copper alloy ring. Dimensions Diameter: 3.81 centimetresModern descriptionDescription (Catalog Card)[A and B] Two silver bracelets. Made of three twists of wire. To one of these is attached by corrosion an [C] object of silver apparently containing a cockle shell [D]; the cockle shell has in it green pigment and was covered by a silver shell (broken) thus: [drawing] though it is impossible to say whether the shell is really belonging or only accidentally attached. Various beads are also attached by corrosion to the bracelet and also [E] an eye of lapis with white shell filling.Description (Modern)Copper alloy ring; two spirals of wire.Data collected by British Museum research team.Description (Modern)Metal SpiralAubrey Baadsgaard, “Trends, Traditions, and Transformations: Fashions in Dress in Early Dynastic Mesopotamia” (PhD diss., University of Pennsylvania, 2008).Find Context (Catalog Card)T.T.EMaterial (Catalog Card)Copper AlloyMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (BM Big Number)123639Museum Number (BM Registration Number)1928,1009.367Data collected by British Museum research team.Museum Number (BM Big Number)123693Aubrey Baadsgaard, “Trends, Traditions, and Transformations: Fashions in Dress in Early Dynastic Mesopotamia” (PhD diss., University of Pennsylvania, 2008).NotesBritish Museum reports a copper ring as belonging to this group, does not appear on catalog card-- assigned as sub-letter F here.