7527http://www165.123.244.137/subject/7527/Object TypeCosmetic ShellsMuseumBritish MuseumSeason Number05: 1926-1927Culture/PeriodEDIIIBMüller-KarpeMaterialSilverU Number8000This U number was not subdivided because the objects are corroded to each other.Description (Catalog Card)Three silver cockle shells. One inside the other. The inner one shows signs of a red substance perhaps a pigment. Natural size.Woolley's descriptionDescription (Archival)Cosmetic Shell; Blue PigmentAubrey Baadsgaard, “Trends, Traditions, and Transformations: Fashions in Dress in Early Dynastic Mesopotamia” (PhD diss., University of Pennsylvania, 2008).Description (Modern)Four silver cockle-shells; corroded together; mineralised threads of woven wrapping.Data collected by British Museum research team.Find Context (Catalog Card)PG 55Material (Catalog Card)SilverMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (BM Big Number)120694Museum Number (BM Registration Number)1928,1009.184Measurement (Catalog Card)(diam c. 004)Measurement (Weight)21.10Aubrey Baadsgaard, “Trends, Traditions, and Transformations: Fashions in Dress in Early Dynastic Mesopotamia” (PhD diss., University of Pennsylvania, 2008).Measurement (X)39.00Aubrey Baadsgaard, “Trends, Traditions, and Transformations: Fashions in Dress in Early Dynastic Mesopotamia” (PhD diss., University of Pennsylvania, 2008).Measurement (Y)43.00Aubrey Baadsgaard, “Trends, Traditions, and Transformations: Fashions in Dress in Early Dynastic Mesopotamia” (PhD diss., University of Pennsylvania, 2008).Measurement (Z)33.00Aubrey Baadsgaard, “Trends, Traditions, and Transformations: Fashions in Dress in Early Dynastic Mesopotamia” (PhD diss., University of Pennsylvania, 2008).