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)
12373B.1 (none) 1929,1017.186 (none) Group: [A] Gold hair ribbon. [B.1-.2] 2 gold large lunate earrings. [C] Wreath of gold leaves on lapis and carnelian beads. [D.1-.2] 2 silver wire spiral coil hair rings. [E] Necklace of gold and lapis triangles. [F] Necklace of lapis double conoid and gold double conoid beads (for order see field notes). [G.1-.2] Necklace of 2 rows of silver beads. [H-K] Cockleshells with greenish paint. [L Toggle Pin]
12373B.2 (none) 1929,1017.185 (none) Group: [A] Gold hair ribbon. [B.1-.2] 2 gold large lunate earrings. [C] Wreath of gold leaves on lapis and carnelian beads. [D.1-.2] 2 silver wire spiral coil hair rings. [E] Necklace of gold and lapis triangles. [F] Necklace of lapis double conoid and gold double conoid beads (for order see field notes). [G.1-.2] Necklace of 2 rows of silver beads. [H-K] Cockleshells with greenish paint. [L Toggle Pin]
12372B.1 (none) 1929,1017.212 (none) Group: [A] Gold hair ribbon. [B.1-.2] 2 large gold lunate earrings, [C] Wreath of gold leaves on lapis and carnelian beads. [D] Necklace of gold and lapis triangles. [E] Necklace of gold and lapis double conoid beads. [F] Necklace of small lapis conoids. [G] Necklace of silver beads. [H] Copper pin with lapis head VI B. [I-K] Cockle shells with green paint.
12372B.2 (none) 1929,1017.213 (none) Group: [A] Gold hair ribbon. [B.1-.2] 2 large gold lunate earrings, [C] Wreath of gold leaves on lapis and carnelian beads. [D] Necklace of gold and lapis triangles. [E] Necklace of gold and lapis double conoid beads. [F] Necklace of small lapis conoids. [G] Necklace of silver beads. [H] Copper pin with lapis head VI B. [I-K] Cockle shells with green paint.
10543 (none) 1928,1010.73 (none) Copper Dagger Broken in 2 pieces Same type as U.10540 Type 7 (new)
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.
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.
7963 (none) 1928,1009.103 (none) Beads. Mostly small ball beads of gold (thin leaf over copper), lapis, and a few carnelian (some rings). Apparently forming a single necklace, or two of the same pattern; one gold bead to every 1 or 2 stone according to size. Most of the gold beads were destroyed through the decay and swelling of the copper cores. One string containing the best gold beads made up for exhibition.
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.
8004 (none) 1928,1009.84 (none) Large ball bead of lapis with gold caps. Sphere with ribbed sides.
8006 (none) (none) B16889 Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. 2 registers: above, 2 seated figures, table and door. Below, 2 animals? Very deep cutting and most primitive style.
8016 (none) B16765 (none) Copper pin. WIth ball head of carnelian and gold. Shaft broken and much of it missing. [type] V
8084 (none) (none) B16793 Beads. Lapis lazuli. Medium-sized double conoids and some balls.
8097 (none) (none) B16792 Beads. Very long bugles, 1 gold, 2 lapis, 3 carnelian, one of the latter facetted, & 4 small silver & 3 small gold balls. For original order see field notes.
8127 (none) (none) B16795 Necklace. 158 lapis lazuli double conoids. 51 gold double conoids. 1 double conoid facetted gold bead. [drawing] not to scale. Beads apparently strung in the following order. 3 small lapis. 1 large lapis. 3 small lapis. 2 gold beads. 3 small lapis. 1 large lapis. 3 small lapis. 2 gold beads.
8128 (none) 1928,1009.168 (none) Gold ring In 3 coils
8192 (none) (none) B17040 Cockle shell. Containing green paint.
8193 (none) (none) B17030 Shell rings A number used as beads [31 under this number in UPM]
8202 (none) 1928,1009.44 (none) Cylinder seal. White shell. Much decayed and scarcely legible. Scene, Gilgamesh and lion, Eabani and bull.
8203 (none) (none) B17037 Silver ear-ring. Circle made of- 2 1/2 spiral coils of silver wire. & fragments of a second similar.
8209A (none) (none) B16832A [A-B] Ear-rings. Gold. Each made of 2 1/2 spiral turns of gold wire: found one on each side of the skull against the ear.
8209B (none) (none) B16832B [A-B] Earrings. Gold. Each made of 2 1/2 spiral turns of gold wire: found one on each side of the skull agaisnt the ear.
8214 (none) (none) B16704 Silver suspenders. A plain ring of silver wire from which hangs a spacer for 3 strings of beads: they appeared to hang from the head this way up, but two were found corroded together in opposite directions. [drawing 1:1]
8274B (none) (none) B16825 [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 .
8513 (none) (none) B16869 Cylinder seal White shell, much decayed, but preserving an inscription in the upper register [drawing of inscription]
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