Omeka ID: 5468     
Transcription:

Pg 1237 U. 12359 No 1 (new 74)

1)above head tiaras of silver

2) pair o large gold lunate ear-rings

3) pair o silver wire spiral coil hair rings, one inside each or earrings

4) lapis double conoid beads at neck

5) cockle shell w green paint

6,7) (see plan) two leaf-bladed copper tools, the handles covered with thin gold foil [drawing (artifact: spade, labeled with measurements: x 011, y 012)] U. 12358

8) At - waist line a rod of shell rings

     
Omeka Label: Royal Cemetary Notes 1130-1237_p266     
BM Page Number: 266     
BM Volume: 14     
Media Title: Woolley's Field Note Cards     
Page Number: 266     
BM PG Number: PG1237     
BM Archive Number: 194     
Omeka Tags: drawing, PG1237, Royal Cemetery, tool, U.12358, U.12359     
Omeka Type: 28     
Grave # Range: 1130-1237     

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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)
12358A (none) 1929,1017.100 (none) Canopy (?) Fragments. (A) The mosaic border of the curved bar. (B) The top bar (?) with gold bands, silver plating, mosaic band and shell rings and studs and (C) Staves with copper spearheads mounted with gold foil.
12358B (none) 1929,1017.101 (none) Canopy (?) Fragments. (A) The mosaic border of the curved bar. (B) The top bar (?) with gold bands, silver plating, mosaic band and shell rings and studs and (C) Staves with copper spearheads mounted with gold foil.
12358C (none) 1929,1017.102 (none) Canopy (?) Fragments. (A) The mosaic border of the curved bar. (B) The top bar (?) with gold bands, silver plating, mosaic band and shell rings and studs and (C) Staves with copper spearheads mounted with gold foil.
12358D (none) 1929,1017.103 (none) Canopy (?) Fragments. (A) The mosaic border of the curved bar. (B) The top bar (?) with gold bands, silver plating, mosaic band and shell rings and studs and (C) Staves with copper spearheads mounted with gold foil.
12358E (none) 1929,1017.104 (none) Canopy (?) Fragments. (A) The mosaic border of the curved bar. (B) The top bar (?) with gold bands, silver plating, mosaic band and shell rings and studs and (C) Staves with copper spearheads mounted with gold foil.
12358F (none) 1929,1017.105 (none) Canopy (?) Fragments. (A) The mosaic border of the curved bar. (B) The top bar (?) with gold bands, silver plating, mosaic band and shell rings and studs and (C) Staves with copper spearheads mounted with gold foil.
12359A.1 (none) (none) (none) Group. [A.1-.2] Pair of gold lunate earrings. [B] Silver wire spiral coil hair ring. [C] Lapis double round beads. (Some of the beads from this burial are mixed up with No. 2 (U.12360)
12359A.2 (none) (none) (none) Group. [A.1-.2] Pair of gold lunate earrings. [B] Silver wire spiral coil hair ring. [C] Lapis double round beads. (Some of the beads from this burial are mixed up with No. 2 (U.12360)
12359B (none) (none) (none) Group. [A.1-.2] Pair of gold lunate earrings. [B] Silver wire spiral coil hair ring. [C] Lapis double round beads. (Some of the beads from this burial are mixed up with No. 2 (U.12360)
12359C (none) (none) (none) Group. [A.1-.2] Pair of gold lunate earrings. [B] Silver wire spiral coil hair ring. [C] Lapis double round beads. (Some of the beads from this burial are mixed up with No. 2 (U.12360)
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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)
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