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

Omeka ID:	5464

Transcription:	Pg 1237 B see U. 12424 a hole was made through - floor to a depth of 440, i.e. 1350 below zero level. From about 080 in was clean soil, clay: then - stratified rubbish to a depth of 150: below this clean clay, 1060 below zero, & as it got deeper down the clay (yellow) was similarly water laid & contains filling etc & deeper still it was more solid & near - bottom there were frs. of petrified bone. At this depth we seem to have reached material soil, & that - soil o an island an - river basin. N o ~~E: this is 220~~ In Pg ______ a hole was made to a depth of 1300 below zero: - columned [undecipherable] went down to 1960: below of at ~~1820~~ 1070 was the base of a large pot or urn: at - very bottom tr were fairly numerous frs o painted potting, a foul flints & a number o flint cores: it was clearly an occupation level o - oldest period of all. Between - pot & a flint striation - soil was clean bearing waterlaid clay, as in the pit in pg 1237 B. NB= this is 220 below - floor level of pg 775.

Object	U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
	12434	(none)	(none)	(none)	Collection of flints, flint cores and potsherds including painted specimens found at a depth of 13m below zero (see field notes on PG 1237B).

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)