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)
10935B.1 (none) (none) B17709 [B] Gold mulberry leaf pendants in all : on the tip of each a carnelian (some missing) strung up with lapis & carnelian beads & worn round the head between U.10934 and U.10936. See field notes. [drawing 1:1]
10935B.2 (none) (none) B17710 [B] Gold mulberry leaf pendants in all : on the tip of each a carnelian (some missing) strung up with lapis & carnelian beads & worn round the head between U.10934 and U.10936. See field notes. [drawing 1:1]
10936 (none) (none) B17711 Gold Leaf Pendants. Each formed of 3 narrow leaves: on the tip of each a carnelian. With the leaves were gold rosettes having inlaid petals. These were strung with beads of lapis and carnelian, carnelian pear pendants and (apparently) small gold spacers. Worn on the head above the other chains. See Field Notes. [drawing 1:1]
10937 (none) (none) B16693 Gold Head Ornament. Pin rising to big flat palm from which rise 7 branches thinning down to wires: these are connected high up by a twisted gold wire: at the end of each is a gold rosette with lapis centre (if there were petals of inlay these are missing). [drawing]
10940 (none) (none) B16729 Gold Pin. With lapis ball head. Type V. On the right upper arm with the cylinder seal U.10939
10942A (none) (none) B16992A [A-B] Gold earrings. A pair of 3 spiral coils of thick gold wire. Unusually heavy.
10942B (none) (none) B16992B [A-B] Gold earrings. A pair of 3 spiral coils of thick gold wire. Unusually heavy.
10942C 98-9-9a (none) (none) [A-B] Gold earrings. A pair of 3 spiral coils of thick gold wire. Unusually heavy.
10942D 98-9-9b (none) (none) [A-B] Gold earrings. A pair of 3 spiral coils of thick gold wire. Unusually heavy.
10966A (none) (none) B17185 Cockle-shells. Containing green and white paint, of unusually large size, the biggest being 145mm, across.
10966B (none) (none) B17186 Cockle-shells. Containing green and white paint, of unusually large size, the biggest being 145mm, across.
10979 (none) (none) B16783 Beads. A garter composed of flat lapis bugles, flat gold bugles and a carnelian ball.
10982B (none) (none) B16694 Gold Amulet. [A] Wheel rosette. Attached apparently to a number of very small gold and lapis beads [B] : but there is no means of attachment. Alternate petals one inlaid with lapis, and the others left clear. [drawing 1:1]
11168 (none) 1928,1010.125 (none) Silver Pin. WIth plain lapis ball head. Type V.
11206 (none) 1928,1010.15 (none) Gold Diadem. Normal type, elliptical in shape, with perforated ends. [drawing 1:1]
11477 30-12-465 (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian and lapis, bugles & lentoids; a few ball-heads of dark wood (ebony?) most of which fell to pieces. For order see Field Notes.
11489B.1 30-12-499 (none) (none) Tomb group. Gold earrings, beads, etc. (A) [A .1-.2] Pair of earrings each composed of a small gold spiral ring with lunate ends from which hangs a similar ring of silver. (B) [B.1-.2] Set of beads, gold, silver, lapis, agate and carnelian (see field notes) (C) [C, E, F] 3 silver finger rings (D) A set of larger beads found on the left upper arm.
11514 (none) 1929,1017.303 (none) Beads. Lapis lentoids & double conoids with 2 ribbed gold balls & a few carnelians (rings and 1 bugle).
11525 30-12-309 (none) (none) Copper axe. Type A3(new) [drawing]
11528 30-12-8 (none) (none) Cylinder Seal. White shell much decayed. Subject: a man & 2 lions rampant against a deer? upside down.
11531 30-12-451 (none) (none) Beads. Carnelians, lapis & chrysoprases (?) see Field Notes.
11563 (none) 1929,1017.257 (none) Beads. Gold, carnelian and lapis. Found loose together near PG 1068 & abut 300mm higher up.
11564A 30-12-539 (none) (none) Three disks of green pigment (?) with part of a fourth all stuck together.
11573 (none) 1929,1017.503 (none) Copper Spearhead poker type. [Type]VI
11576A (none) 1929,1017.40 (none) Earring. Copper & gold. [A] A large coil of copper with lunate ends, inside which was a smaller [B] similar one of gold: this probably hung from the former. (with this are 3 largish facetted lentoid beads, 2 of lapis, one of silver, from the same grave).

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