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)
9165B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[Unknown]
9178	(none)	(none)	(none)	[CARD MISSING] Cylinder seal. Black and white granite. With copper caps. Large and fine, with inscription of the steward (?) of Sargon's daughter.
9179	(none)	(none)	B17130	[CARD MISSING] Bowl. White calcite. Type XVII
9177	(none)	(none)	(none)	[CARD MISSING] Beads. A few - 4 gold, some lapis, and 2 small bugles of red and white banded agate
9163	(none)	(none)	(none)	[CARD MISSING] Gold nail with round convex head D. 22mm , and square section stem, the latter broken off at 20mm, and bent. Very solid heavy metal.
9325A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A]Finger ring and [B] earrings. Silver. Finger ring of plain silver wire. Earrings complicated, three sets of spiral lunar-ended coils hang one from the other. [drawing]
9325B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A]Finger ring and [B] earrings. Silver. Finger ring of plain silver wire. Earrings complicated, three sets of spiral lunar-ended coils hang one from the other. [drawing]
9191A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A]Copper Knife, [B]axe & [C]reticule all corroded together Knife straight-sided thus: [drawing] [Type] II axe, broken, thus: [drawing] [type] X
9191B	(none)	1928,1009.306	(none)	[A]Copper Knife, [B]axe & [C]reticule all corroded together Knife straight-sided thus: [drawing] [Type] II axe, broken, thus: [drawing] [type] X
9127A	(none)	1928,1009.365	(none)	[A] Copper stiletto and [B] tweezers (imperfect). Originally together on a ring. Type as of the gold example.
9127B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Copper stiletto and [B] tweezers (imperfect). Originally together on a ring. Type as of the gold example.
9092A	(none)	(none)	B17489	[A] Copper pin. Thickened head and short tang. Onto the stem is corroded a [B] small lapis cylinder seal (engraved conoid with animal figures) which must have hung from the hole in the stem of the pin. [Type I]
9191C	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Copper knife, [B] axe, and [C] reticule. All corroded together. Knife straight-sided L. 145mm, W. 43mm; Axe, broken, L. about 210mm; the reticule much broken.
7777B	(none)	1928,1009.8	(none)	[A] Clay cone. Sumuilum. cf. U.6955 (many variants) [B] Another (fragment) with same text. HC.23.
7772A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Clay cone (fragm) Sumuilum = U.2634, 2778. [B] Another. [C] Another fragment perhaps belonging with preceding. [D] Another. [E] Another. [F-I] 4 more; one with text complete. [J]1 more: with text complete (nearly) (all but one to B[aghdad])
7772B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Clay cone (fragm) Sumuilum = U.2634, 2778. [B] Another. [C] Another fragment perhaps belonging with preceding. [D] Another. [E] Another. [F-I] 4 more; one with text complete. [J]1 more: with text complete (nearly) (all but one to B[aghdad])
7772C	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Clay cone (fragm) Sumuilum = U.2634, 2778. [B] Another. [C] Another fragment perhaps belonging with preceding. [D] Another. [E] Another. [F-I] 4 more; one with text complete. [J]1 more: with text complete (nearly) (all but one to B[aghdad])
7772D	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Clay cone (fragm) Sumuilum = U.2634, 2778. [B] Another. [C] Another fragment perhaps belonging with preceding. [D] Another. [E] Another. [F-I] 4 more; one with text complete. [J]1 more: with text complete (nearly) (all but one to B[aghdad])
7772F	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Clay cone (fragm) Sumuilum = U.2634, 2778. [B] Another. [C] Another fragment perhaps belonging with preceding. [D] Another. [E] Another. [F-I] 4 more; one with text complete. [J]1 more: with text complete (nearly) (all but one to B[aghdad])
7772H	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Clay cone (fragm) Sumuilum = U.2634, 2778. [B] Another. [C] Another fragment perhaps belonging with preceding. [D] Another. [E] Another. [F-I] 4 more; one with text complete. [J]1 more: with text complete (nearly) (all but one to B[aghdad])
9277A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-D] Finger rings Silver and copper Fastened together by corrosion (See field notes)
9277B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-D] Finger rings Silver and copper Fastened together by corrosion (See field notes)
9277C	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-D] Finger rings Silver and copper Fastened together by corrosion (See field notes)
9277D	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-D] Finger rings Silver and copper Fastened together by corrosion (See field notes)
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.