11907 | 30-12-755
| Description (Catalog Card): | Wreath of gold leaves & beads of lapis and [crossed out] carnelian.1 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | PG 1054 |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Lapis Lazuli4 |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Carnelian4 |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Gold4 |
| U Number: | 11907 |
| Museum: | University of Pennsylvania Museum |
| Object Type: | Dress and Personal Ornaments >> Headdress >> Wreaths |
| Season Number: | 07: 1928-1929 |
| Description (Modern): | Double string of gold, carnelian and lapis beads. The 198 beads measure 469mm in length. Possibly a wreath or frontlet. With gold leaves hanging off the string. The 15 gold attachments that are triangular in shape are 5x3x1. The 15 ovate leaves with pinnate veining measure 49x38xless than 1mm. The 56 carnelian discs measure less than 1x1x1. The 112 Lapis cylinder beads measure 3x1x1. 2 |
| Description (Modern): | The beads are strung in this order. (Gold Attachment with leaf. (2 strings. 1 carnelian disc. 4 lapis cylinders. 1 carnelian disc) Together)x14 Gold attachment with leaf. 2 |
| Description (Modern): | Wreaths/Frontlets; 181 Beads3 |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Mineral >> Semi-precious >> Chalcedony >> Carnelian |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Metal >> Gold |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Mineral >> Semi-precious >> Lapis Lazuli |
| Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number): | 30-12-755 |
| Measurement (Weight): | 6735.003 |
| Measurement (X): | 480mm |
| Measurement (X): | 476.003 |
| [1] Woolley's description |
| [2] Modern |
| [3] Aubrey Baadsgaard, Trends, Traditions, and Transformations: Fashions in Dress in Early Dynastic Mesopotamia (PhD diss., University of Pennsylvania, 2008). |
| [4] Material as described by Woolley |
Files
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | PG/1054D | (none) | (none) |
- 1 Location
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trends, Traditions, and Transformations: Fashions in Dress in Early Dynastic Mesopotamia | Trends, Traditions, and Transformations: Fashions in Dress in Early Dynastic Mesopotamia | 2008 | Baadsgaard, Aubrey | (none) |
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:51 Page:19 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:51 Page:19 | (none) | |
| Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery | Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery | 1934 | Woolley, Leonard | (none) |
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Context
Ur >> Royal Cemetery | PG >> Private Graves 1001-1100 >> PG/1054 >> PG/1054D
References
Woolley, Leonard. (1934) Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery, Oxford: Oxford University Press.