Omeka ID: 5727     
Transcription:

Pg 1236

Chamber A.

- Roof was to dangerous that nearly all of it had to be removed before - chamber cd be cleared. & w - roof came - upper part (- corbelling) o - walls. - chamber was pretty full o earth & a great deal o stone had fallen from - roof & from - walls, which were in many cases badly bulged. On or a little above - floor were found many beads o lapis & some gold double conoids & small gold leaves. Also, a whetstone, cylinder seals, a copper libation jug & clay pots thus:

[drawing (artifact:pot)] ht 028 rim 011 TO LXXXIV

of which 2 examples, plain saucers (a [?number?]) also some sheep's teeth & other bones

beads = U 12444

leaves and rosettes 12443

cylinder seal

     
Omeka Label: Royal Cemetary Notes 1130-1237_p152     
BM Page Number: 152     
BM Volume: 14     
Media Title: Woolley's Field Note Cards     
Page Number: 152     
BM PG Number: PG1236     
BM Archive Number: 194     
Omeka Tags: drawing, PG1236, pot typology, Royal Cemetery     
Omeka Type: 28     
Grave # Range: 1130-1237     

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Location Context Title Context Description Description (Modern)
PG/1236 A large stone-built chamber (limestone rubble) with 4 inner rooms. In this it is very similar to the layout of PG/779. A looter's hole had caused a collapse at one end and much damage throughout the tomb, but architecturally this large chamber was better preserved than many others. Contents, however, were meager owing to ancient looters. Woolley believed this had been the tomb of a king, with attendants in some of the chambers. He traced the side of the pit more than 7 meters above the chamber and believed that a mud brick building above that had been a kind of chapel for rituals after the burial. (none)
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