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

Omeka ID:	5300

Transcription:	Pg 1237 (22) (new 61) (3) 10) gold finger rings 6, in sets of 3 11) gold pin w lapis ball head 12) lapis cylinder seal 13) silver cup held to - mouth : this was hopelessly decayed. 14) necklace of gold lapis & carn. bugle beads ~~thus~~ nine rows wide : the order in each row : carn. ring, blue bugle, 2 carn rings, gold bugle, 2 carn rings, blue bugle, 2 carn rings, gold bugles, 2 carn rings, carn bugle(?) 2 carn rings, 2 carn. bugle, 2 carn rings gold bugle 15) 4 blue & 4 gold diamond beads (bracelet) 16) silver comb with flowers inlaid 17) 2 gold lunar earrings 18) 2 gold wire spiral coil hair rings 19. silver pin with lapis ball head 20) 3 gold flower rosettes

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)