10574 | 1928,1010.227
| Description (Catalog Card): | Staff-head(?) White shell A plain disk, almost flat, below which come strung on the staff 4 rings alternately of black shale and shell. Below them again were 3 shell disks like spindle whorls each with a black ring above: these were much smaller, diam. 0022 as against 034 for the upper rings.1 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | PG 789 |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Shell2 |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Shale2 |
| Measurement (Catalog Card): | smaller disks: diam 022 larger disks: 0034 diam head 007 |
| U Number: | 10574 |
| Museum: | British Museum |
| Object Type: | Tools and Equipment >> Maces, Sceptres, Staves >> Rods and Bars |
| Season Number: | 06: 1927-1928 |
| Description (Modern): | Staff head |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Stone >> Sedimentary >> Shale |
| Material: | Organic Remains >> Shell |
| Museum Number (BM Big Number): | 121536 |
| Museum Number (BM Registration Number): | 1928,1010.227 |
| [1] Woolley's description |
| [2] Material as described by Woolley |
Files
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
| PG/789 | Woolley called this the 'King's Grave' because of its elaborate death pit that included many weapons. The main chamber, however, had been looted, leaving only a few scattered remains. The death pit contained the remains of more than 60 people, six of whom wore helmets and stood at the dromos/entrance as if to guard it. | (none) |
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| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:46 Page:41 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:46 Page:41 | (none) |
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