Description (Catalog Card): Harp of silver throughout the sounding-box decorated with a band of blue and white strip inlay and with a cow's head in silver. For measurement drawing see field notes. [Photos 1210-1214 and 1218 show object in situ, 1341 shows restoration]1     
Find Context (Catalog Card): PG 1237     
Material (Catalog Card): Silver2     
Measurement (Catalog Card): H. 1060mm, W. 970mm     
[1] Woolley's description
[2] Material as described by Woolley

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Locations: 12354 | 1929,1017.2 Export: JSON - XML - CSV

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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Media: 12354 | 1929,1017.2 Export: JSON - XML - CSV

Media Media Title Title Label Author Omeka Label
Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery 1934 Woolley, Leonard (none)
Provisional Field Photo Album Provisional Field Photo Album (none) (none) (none)
Woolley's Catalog Cards Woolley's Catalog Cards Card -- BM ID:194 Box:52 Page:225 Card -- BM ID:194 Box:52 Page:225 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Royal Cemetary Notes 1130-1237_p162 Royal Cemetary Notes 1130-1237_p162 (none)
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