PG/1054
| Context Title: | PG/1054 |
| Context Name (Publication): | PG 1054 (Royal Tomb) |
| Description: | Ur Excavations vol. 2: "This grave illustrated more fully than any other the ritual of a royal burial; the soil above it was full of later graves the digging of which had destroyed any superstructure that there might have been and the upper part of the tomb-shaft; the tops of the original walls were only encountered at a depth of 4-00 m. below the modern surface. But below this there had been no disturbance and the tomb and its accessories were intact. The excavation was not easy, partly because the virtual disappearance of the south-east wall and the fact that the north-east wall was for a long while not discovered, being hidden under the earth ramp made for our basket-men, prevented us at first from seeing that we were dealing with one definite shaft, and the different stratification on the two sides of the cross-wall, at least in the upper levels, further concealed the truth. The higher part of the shaft sides were never found and are therefore only dotted in on the section. The correlation of field notes written quite independently was not simple, but fortunately there were enough points of contact, and the section, though slightly schematic, does give the facts fairly accurately." 1 |
| Context Description: | The grave is a complex one, consisting of a deep, walled shaft above a rubble and earth domed tomb. Woolley believed that the burials in the shaft acted as a kind of death pit, thus he believed the bodies in the shaft to be attendants to the primary burial in the domed chamber below. In the main chamber were the bodies of five people, four men and one woman. The woman was clearly an important person, lying in the center of the tomb and having a gold cylinder seal as well as other high value objects, including much carnelian. The walls of the shaft above began from a layer packed over the domed chamber and in theory could be a different grave entirely. However, Woolley believed he had evidence of a continuous process that included the packing and smoothing of layers above the dome and then the construction of the shaft. In the shaft, at differing levels, were four more burials. Some of these also possessed rather high-end objects and one had nearby a cylinder seal with the name of Meskalamdug, the King. In his section of PG1054, Woolley reconstructed a dome over this grave, but later intrusive burials had destroyed the upper walls and, if it had been there, the upper, smaller dome as well. |
| Nissen Date: | Mk |
| [1] UE 2 p. 97 |
| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 11928E | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Limestone offering Table [B-F] 5 Copper Daggers & [G-H] 2 Whetstones. All type V with central rib-shape of gold dagger-blades. |
| 11928D | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A.1-.3] Limestone offering Table [B-F] 5 Copper Daggers & [G-H] 2 Whetstones. All type V with central rib-shape of gold dagger-blades. |
| 11928F | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A.1-.3] Limestone offering Table [B-F] 5 Copper Daggers & [G-H] 2 Whetstones. All type V with central rib-shape of gold dagger-blades. |
| 11928G | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A.1-.3] Limestone offering Table [B-F] 5 Copper Daggers & [G-H] 2 Whetstones. All type V with central rib-shape of gold dagger-blades. |
| 11928H | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A.1-.3] Limestone Offering Table [B-F] 5 Copper Daggers & [G-H] 2 Whetstones. All type V with central rib-shape of gold dagger-blades. |
| 11928C | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A.1-.3] Limestone Offering Table [B-F] 5 Copper Daggers & [G-H] 2 Whetstones. All type V with central rib-shape of gold dagger-blades. |
| 11928A.1 | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A.1-.3] Limestone Offering Dish [B-F] 5 Copper Daggers & [G-H] 2 Whetstones. All type V with central rib-shape of gold dagger-blades. |
| 11928B | 30-12-290 | (none) | (none) | [A.1-.3] Limestone Offering Dish [B-F] 5 Copper Daggers & [G-H] 2 Whetstones. All type V with central rib-shape of gold dagger-blades. | |
| 11928A.2 | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A.1-.3] Limestone Offering Dish [B-F] 5 Copper Daggers & [G-H] 2 Whetstones. All type V with central rib-shape of gold dagger-blades. |
| 11928A.3 | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A.1-.3] Limestone Offering Dish [B-F] 5 Copper Daggers & [G-H] 2 Whetstones. All type V with central rib-shape of gold dagger-blades. |
| 11920A | (none) | 1929,1017.628 | (none) | [A-D] Copper Bowls. 6, one inside the other. one hemispherical (with small button base. One ditto, slightly smaller and 4 oval. Types III and LXIII | |
| 11920C | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-D] Copper Bowls. 6, one inside the other. one hemispherical (with small button base. One ditto, slightly smaller and 4 oval. Types III and LXIII |
| 11920D | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-D] Copper Bowls. 6, one inside the other. one hemispherical (with small button base. One ditto, slightly smaller and 4 oval. Types III and LXIII |
| 11920B | (none) | 1929,1017.631 | (none) | [A-D] Copper Bowls. 6, one inside the other. one hemispherical (with small button base. One ditto, slightly smaller and 4 oval. | |
| 11918A | (none) | 1929,1017.635 | (none) | [A-C] Copper Tumblers. 10 in all. 3 sets, nested, of 3 each, and of 4. | |
| 11918B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-C] Copper Tumblers. 10 in all. 3 sets, nested, of 3 each, and of 4. |
| 11918C | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-C] Copper Tumblers. 10 in all. 3 sets, nested, of 3 each, and of 4. |
| 11916A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Two Copper disks. Slightly concave, like the pans of a scale. |
| 11916B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Two Copper disks. Slightly concave, like the pans of a scale. |
| 11736A | (none) | 1929,1017.22 | (none) | [A-B] Gold Hair-rings. 2 spiral coils of gold wire. | |
| 11736B | (none) | 1929,1017.23 | (none) | [A-B] Gold Hair-rings. 2 spiral coils of gold wire. | |
| 11912A | (none) | 1929,1017.24 | (none) | [A-B] Gold Finger-rings (two) one with broad plain flat border & centre of cable pattern, 5 rows; one with narrow plain border and 8 rows of cable pattern. | |
| 11527A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Copper Reticule. The [A] instruments and the [B] case separate--the case has its own set inside, and a seond set is corroded on to it. |
| 11527B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Copper Reticule. The [A] instruments and the [B] case separate--the case has its own set inside, and a seond set is corroded on to it. |
| 11912B | (none) | 1929,1017.25 | (none) | [A-B] 2 Gold finger rings. 1-with broad plain flat border & centre of cable pattern, 5 rows; 1-with narrow plain border and 8 rows of cable pattern. |
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| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
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| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p167 | Ur Notes v13 p167 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p168 | Ur Notes v13 p168 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p169 | Ur Notes v13 p169 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p170 | Ur Notes v13 p170 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p171 | Ur Notes v13 p171 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p172 | Ur Notes v13 p172 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p173 | Ur Notes v13 p173 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p174 | Ur Notes v13 p174 | (none) | |
| Zur Datierung des Konigsfriedhofes von Ur. | Zur Datierung des Konigsfriedhofes von Ur. | 1966 | Nissen, Hans | (none) |
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References
Woolley et al. (1922-1934) PG1054 Field Notes, Unpublished.