TTG

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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Object U Number Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) Museum Number (BM Registration Number) Museum Number (UPM B-number) Description (Catalog Card)
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.
9357A (none) (none) (none) [A-D] 4 Bone disks Perforated in middle
9357B (none) (none) (none) [A-D] 4 Bone disks Perforated in middle
9357C (none) (none) (none) [A-D] 4 Bone disks Perforated in middle
9357D (none) (none) (none) [A-D] 4 Bone disks Perforated in middle
9204A (none) (none) (none) [A-D] 2 pairs of earrings. Each set consists of 3 rings linked one to the other. Each ring consists of a single coil with ends free. 1 set in condition. The other broken.
9204B (none) (none) (none) [A-D] 2 pairs of earrings. Each set consists of 3 rings linked one to the other. Each ring consists of a single coil with ends free. 1 set in condition. The other broken.
9204C (none) (none) (none) [A-D] 2 pairs of earrings. Each set consists of 3 rings linked one to the other. Each ring consists of a single coil with ends free. 1 set in condition. The other broken.
9204D (none) (none) (none) [A-D] 2 pairs of earrings. Each set consists of 3 rings linked one to the other. Each ring consists of a single coil with ends free. 1 set in condition. The other broken.
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
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]
8915A (none) 1928,1009.393 (none) [A-B] Two shell plaques. Engraved with figures of goats in wooded country rather rough and poor work. [drawing]
8915B (none) 1928,1009.394 (none) [A-B] Two shell plaques. Engraved with figures of goats in wooded country rather rough and poor work. [drawing]
8658A (none) (none) (none) [A-B] Gold earrings. A pair, lunate ended spiral coils. [drawing 1:1]
8658B (none) (none) (none) [A-B] Gold earrings. A pair, lunate ended spiral coils. [drawing 1:1]
8969B (none) (none) (none) [A-B] Gold earring. A pair. [drawing 1:1] Small, normal type, 1 1/2 coils with crescent ends.
8969A (none) (none) (none) [A-B] Gold ear-rings. A pair. [drawing 1:1] Small, normal type, 1 1/2 coils with crescent ends.
9267A (none) (none) (none) [A-B] Finger rings (2). Single coil of thick copper.
9162A (none) (none) (none) [A-B] Copper Ear-rings a pair [drawing]
9162B (none) (none) (none) [A-B] Copper Ear-rings a pair [drawing]

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