Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards

Omeka ID:	5299

Transcription:	2 1237 No 22 (new 61) 5) necklace of fluted ball beads lapis, gold & carnelian rings : gradated : order of larger beads, carn & 3 gold alternating, carn. lapis (perhaps six, or more?) carn gold etc. : of - smaller beads, gold carn. lapis carn. gold carn lapis. 6) necklace of carn. & gold conoids apparently w carn rings between 7) carn rings, gold balls & lapis conoids, possibly going together 8) necklace of gold & lapis triangles 9) Bracelet o v. large lapis & gold bugles w carn rings at - ends : - bugles side by side in pairs ? 14 in a row

Location	Context Title	Context Description	Description (Modern)
	PG/1237	Woolley called this the 'Great Death Pit' because it is the largest of all the death pits in the royal cemetery. He found 74 bodies within but did not find a built chamber, an aspect he believed essential to royal tombs. Woolley declared the chamber must have been completely looted away and pointed to small amounts of rubble as evidence of this, but in fact the large size of this death pit and the particular wealth displayed by Body 61 may indicate that the primary burial was among the attendants in this case.	(none)