Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards
| Omeka ID: | 4926 |
| Omeka Label: | Ur_Notes_v4_p187 |
| BM Volume: | 4 |
| BM Page Number: | 186 |
| Media Title: | Woolley's Field Note Cards |
| Page Number: | 187 |
| Volume: | v4 |
| BM Archive Number: | 194 |
| BM Description: | UDTM-1237_Floor |
| Omeka Tags: | section, sketch |
| Omeka Type: | 27 |
| 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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