TTG

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Context Title:	TTG
Context Name (Excavation):	Trial Trench G
Context Name (Publication):	Royal Cemetery Area
Context Description:	TTG is shorthand for Trial Trench G, the second extension of TTE, actually extending TTF and obliterating TTA. Like the other trenches in the Royal Cemetery it was never mapped and does not appear on an aerial photograph. The trench was dug on the same lines as TTF, essentially extending its width to the northwest. The first grave to be numbered in this trench was PG355, but the sequence from this point up to PG580 is shared among the three trenches. This trial trench and TTF may have been about 5 meters wide, somewhat wider than other trial trenches as Woolley continued to expand, though there is no proof of this other than a slight indication on the 1930 aerial photograph. Excavation while the three trenches were open would have resembled a wide stair case, with TTE being the lowest in the southeast, TTF somewhat higher to the northwest, and TTG higher still. By the end of the season, all three trenches had reached at least 5 meters depth, though TTE had reached 9 meters. The northwest portion of the cemetery did not produce as many graves as the southeast and Woolley extended excavations in the following season over a large area southeast of TTE, beginning with PG580. He also began to map individual graves in the overall area at this point.
Season Number:	05: 1926-1927

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
8923	(none)	1928,1009.343	(none)	Copper pin. With head of lapis ball capped with silver. (tip broken: all in very bad condition) [type] V
8924A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Bracelets. Silver. A pair. Plain narrow circlets of thin silver: both broken.
8924B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Bracelets. Silver. A pair. Plain narrow circlets of thin silver: both broken.
8925	(none)	(none)	B16768	Copper toe-ring. Found on toe of right foot.
8932	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. White Calcite. Type LXIII
8933	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper adze. [drawing]
8934	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper chisel. Flat, with triangular head and on the upper part are preserved the marks of a string binding, apparently over leather (?)
8935A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-C] 3 handles? Apparently 3 rods made of rings alternately white shell and black shale (?) strung on a reed, the whole ending in a shell handle-knob. [drawing 1:1]
8935B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-C] 3 handles? Apparently 3 rods made of rings alternately white shell and black shale (?) strung on a reed, the whole ending in a shell handle-knob. [drawing 1:1]
8935C	(none)	(none)	B16749	[A-C] 3 handles? Apparently 3 rods made of rings alternately white shell and black shale (?) strung on a reed, the whole ending in a shell handle-knob. [drawing 1:1]
8958	(none)	(none)	B17413	Copper Axe. [drawing] [Type] XIX
8959	(none)	1928,1009.176	(none)	Gold diadem. A plain ribbon of thin gold leaf with holes at the ends for strings. Found on the skull.
8960A	(none)	1928,1009.157	(none)	Gold earring. A pair. Normal type. [drawing]
8960B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Gold earring. A pair. Normal type. [drawing]
8961B	(none)	1928,1009.204A	(none)	[A-C] Finger rings Silver: (2 others were broken and thrown away) Plain coils of silver wire one 2 1/2 coils and two 3 1/2 coils
8961C	(none)	1928,1009.204B	(none)	[A-C] Finger rings Silver: (2 others were broken and thrown away) Plain coils of silver wire one 2 1/2 coils and two 3 1/2 coils
8962	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Small gold, silver, lapis and carnelian. For order see Field Notes.
8963	(none)	1928,1009.329	(none)	Copper tumbler. Straight-sided. Slightly damaged. Type [XLIX crossed out] 42 (new)
8964	(none)	1928,1009.203	(none)	Bracelet. Plain circlet of silver tube, penannular. Also, fragments of a 2nd similar.
8967	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper fish-hook Barbed: the tang flattened and widened for fixing [drawing 1:1]
8968A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-D] Copper bracelets 4, Used in pairs: the two of each pair are corroded together. Worn by a small child.
8968B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-D] Copper bracelets 4, Used in pairs: the two of each pair are corroded together. Worn by a small child.
8968C	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-D] Copper bracelets 4, Used in pairs: the two of each pair are corroded together. Worn by a small child.
8968D	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-D] Copper bracelets 4, Used in pairs: the two of each pair are corroded together. Worn by a small child.
8969A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Gold ear-rings. A pair. [drawing 1:1] Small, normal type, 1 1/2 coils with crescent ends.