Title: Trends, Traditions, and Transformations: Fashions in Dress in Early Dynastic Mesopotamia     
Date: 2008     
Author: Baadsgaard, Aubrey     

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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)
8616B (none) 1928,1009.165 (none) [A-B] Gold earrings. A pair. [drawing 1:1]
8128 (none) 1928,1009.168 (none) Gold ring In 3 coils
7951 (none) 1928,1009.174 (none) Gold diadem. An oval strip of gold leaf with rounded ends: at each end a small hole; along the edge stamped dots. To this was attached a strip of similar thin gold, now in pieces, originally with a hole at each end for attachment to the oval front piece, but one end is missing.
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.
8000 (none) 1928,1009.184 (none) Three silver cockle shells. One inside the other. The inner one shows signs of a red substance perhaps a pigment. Natural size.
8619 (none) 1928,1009.188 (none) Silver pin. With fluted ball head of lapis. Capped with gold.
8630A (none) 1928,1009.190 (none) Earrings. [A] One silver, [B] one apparently copper. Plain, 2 1/2 spiral coils of wire.
8630B (none) 1928,1009.190 (none) Earrings. [A] One silver, [B] one apparently copper. Plain, 2 1/2 spiral coils of wire.
8961A (none) 1928,1009.191 (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
8964 (none) 1928,1009.203 (none) Bracelet. Plain circlet of silver tube, penannular. Also, fragments of a 2nd similar.
8202 (none) 1928,1009.44 (none) Cylinder seal. White shell. Much decayed and scarcely legible. Scene, Gilgamesh and lion, Eabani and bull.
8704 (none) 1928,1009.61 (none) Necklace Consisting of 111 lapis lazuli beads - double conoids 26 gold double conoids Apparently the gold beads were in the centre of the necklace, gold and lapis being alternated.
8613A (none) 1928,1009.76 (none) Gold chains etc. [A-B] Two sections of gold chain with crochet links . When found (A) passed through a curled gold earring (C) [drawing] With these, [D] two lapis facetted lentoid beads, 4 carnelian rings, and remains of a large silver-plated bead with horizontal ribbing - the latter wholly decayed.
8620 (none) 1928,1009.83 (none) Beads. Carnelian double conoids, and a few silver ditto, large. The silver much decayed.
8004 (none) 1928,1009.84 (none) Large ball bead of lapis with gold caps. Sphere with ribbed sides.
8274A (none) 1928,1009.90 (none) [A-B] Necklace. About 250 beads, mostly small. 1 large faceted lapis lazuli. 18 double conoid lapis. 14 lentoid lapis. 18 bugle and double conoid carnelian. 4 or 5 minute gold beads. The rest small carnelian ring beads and lapis ring and ball beads, a few ribbed barrel lapis beads. Fragment of lapis inlay with incised concentric areas [drawing]. Arbitrarily made up into two strings .
8761 (none) 1928,1009.91 (none) Necklace. 12 burnt lentoids, Lapis beads. 6 burnt double conoid lapis. 7 ribbed lapis ball beads. 7 double conoid carnelians. 1 carnelian shaped thus: [drawing]. The rest small carnelian and lapis ring ball and barrel beads - 25. Grand total 58. The lapis lentoids and carnelian double conoids were strung alternately in the middle of the necklace - at the back of the neck all the small lapis beads were strung together.
7644 (none) 1928,1009.98 (none) Necklace. 12 double conoid carnelian beads. 5 double conoid silver beads. 1 dark green lentoid, basic diorite? All charred by fire.
10586G (none) 1928,1010.124 (none) Head Ornaments. A. Gold ribbon B. Wreath of gold leaves with beads of lapis & carnelian. C. Silver pin with 3 arms and rosette finials having fold. D. [.1-.2] Pair of large gold lunate earrings. E. Silver pin with lapis head. F. 1 silver wire spiral coil earring. G. Second silver pin with lapis head, H. Gold and lapis double conoid beads.
11168 (none) 1928,1010.125 (none) Silver Pin. WIth plain lapis ball head. Type V.
10824B (none) 1928,1010.127 (none) Tomb Group A. A large number of gold and lapis double conoids; order not ascertained owing to extreme confusion in soil. B. Silver pin with lapis ball head. Type V. C. [C and G] Two copper pins with lapis ball heads. Second broken and decayed. Type V. D. Gold finger ring, plain gold wire on top and bottom, seven spiral gold wires between. E. [E and H] Two silver earrings; 2 1/2 coils each. F. Cockle shells containing brown, blue, and green paint. [I-K Ceramic Vessels not recorded on card, but recorded in UE II L Silver Armlet not recorded on card or in volume, but BM has recorded this object as belonging to this group.]
10806B (none) 1928,1010.128 (none) Tomb Group. A. Beads. small lapis lentoids and some silver. B. Silver pin with lapis ball head Type V
11206 (none) 1928,1010.15 (none) Gold Diadem. Normal type, elliptical in shape, with perforated ends. [drawing 1:1]
9995 (none) 1928,1010.166 (none) Wreath. Gold leaves strung up with small lapis bugles and carnelian rings.
10343 (none) 1928,1010.166 (none) 5 or 6 Gold Ribbons Worn round head Normal type

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