Context Title: PG/779     
Context Name (Publication): PG 779 (Royal Tomb)     
Context Description: A large, stone built chamber with four rooms. There was no clear death pit, though Woolley suggested that the upper shaft may once have contained structures or other burials. The multiple rooms inside the large chamber, however, served the purpose of a death pit in many ways as there would have been multiple burials within. The two central chambers had been badly damaged in the collapse of the roof and the tomb had been plundered in antiquity. This means that the true number of attendants cannot be known and any royal personage cannot be identified, but the few artifacts inside and the size of the chamber attribute to it having been important.Indeed, this was the location of the so-called 'Royal Standard of Ur'.     
Nissen Date: Mk     

Objects: PG/779 Export: JSON - XML - CSV

Object U Number Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) Museum Number (BM Registration Number) Museum Number (UPM B-number) Description (Catalog Card)
11180 (none) (none) (none) Copper Chisel. In very poor condition.
11179 (none) (none) (none) Whetstone. Greystone. Pierced for suspension.
11178 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder Seal. White shell. Completely decayed, but apparently with large rampant animals and an inscription of which only one sign is legible. [drawing]
11177 (none) (none) (none) Gold Mulberry Leaf. From a headress found alone.
11176 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder Seal. White shell. Very badly decayed.
11175B (none) (none) (none) Cylinder Seals. Shell. [A} A good deal decayed: design of fighting animals. At one end the hole is of normal size: at the other end it is much enlarged and into it is fitted [B] a second cylinder, engraved with rope-net pattern and a bull.
11175A (none) (none) (none) Cylinder Seals. Shell. [A} A good deal decayed: design of fighting animals. At one end the hole is of normal size: at the other end it is much enlarged and into it is fitted [B] a second cylinder, engraved with rope-net pattern and a bull.
11174 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder Seal. Shell. 2 groups of fighting animals and a small panel with inscription. Inscription: e-zi (d) (cf. U.11107).
11173 (none) (none) (none) Copper Object. 3 little rods, square in section, joined side by side, only the ends slightly apart. Possibly 3 distinct tools (small chisels) accidently corroded together. [drawing 1:1]
11172 (none) (none) (none) Gold earring. Coil of 1 1/2 rings, with slightly lunate ends.
11171 (none) (none) (none) Silver Pin. With fluted lapis head, bent type. Type VI.
11170E (none) (none) (none) Gold Binding. A. B. From a stall or pole. C. D. Probably from a dagger handle. E. From a cone?
11170D (none) (none) (none) Gold Binding. A. B. From a stall or pole. C. D. Probably from a dagger handle. E. From a cone?
11170C (none) (none) (none) Gold Binding. A. B. From a stall or pole. C. D. Probably from a dagger handle. E. From a cone?
11170B (none) (none) (none) Gold Binding. A. B. From a stall or pole. C. D. Probably from a dagger handle. E. From a cone?
11170A (none) (none) (none) Gold Binding. A. B. From a stall or pole. C. D. Probably from a dagger handle. E. From a cone?
11169 (none) (none) (none) Copper Pin. WIth plain point head curved type. Type VI.
11168 (none) 1928,1010.125 (none) Silver Pin. WIth plain lapis ball head. Type V.
11167E (none) (none) (none) [A-E] Shell Roundels (5) with concentric circles & central hole. [drawing 1:1]
11167D (none) (none) (none) [A-E] Shell Roundels (5) with concentric circles & central hole. [drawing 1:1]
11167C (none) (none) (none) [A-E] Shell Roundels (5) with concentric circles & central hole. [drawing 1:1]
11167B (none) (none) (none) [A-E] Shell Roundels (5) with concentric circles & central hole. [drawing 1:1]
11167A (none) (none) (none) [A-E] Shell Roundels (5) with concentric circles & central hole. [drawing 1:1]
11166C (none) (none) (none) [A-C] Silver earrings (3) Plain wire spiral coils.
11166B (none) (none) (none) [A-C] Silver earrings (3) Plain wire spiral coils.
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Media: PG/779 Export: JSON - XML - CSV Field Photographs

Media Media Title Title Label Author Omeka Label
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v11 p10 Ur Notes v11 p10 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v11 p11 Ur Notes v11 p11 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v11 p12 Ur Notes v11 p12 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v11 p13 Ur Notes v11 p13 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v11 p14 Ur Notes v11 p14 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v11 p15 Ur Notes v11 p15 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v11 p16 Ur Notes v11 p16 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v11 p17 Ur Notes v11 p17 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v11 p18 Ur Notes v11 p18 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v11 p19 Ur Notes v11 p19 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v11 p20 Ur Notes v11 p20 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v11 p21 Ur Notes v11 p21 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v11 p8 Ur Notes v11 p8 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v11 p9 Ur Notes v11 p9 (none)
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Child Locations

Chamber A - Chamber B - Chamber C - Dromos