12358A | 1929,1017.100
| Description (Catalog Card): | 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.2 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | PG 1237 |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Lapis lazuli3 |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Mother-of-pearl3 |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Stone3 |
| U Number: | 12358A |
| Museum: | British Museum |
| Object Type: | Furniture >> Inlays |
| Season Number: | 07: 1928-1929 |
| Object Type: | Armor and Weaponry >> Spears and Lances >> Spearheads/Lanceheads 1 |
| Description (Modern): | Canopy |
| Description (Modern): | A cluster of six copper alloy rods sheathed in silver below and gold at the top of the shafts, all topped by very wide, short, leaf-shaped spear heads; with these are 15 hemispherical ivory Beads.1 |
| Description (Modern): | A cluster of six copper alloy rods sheathed in silver below and gold at the top of the shafts, all topped by very wide, short, leaf-shaped spear heads; with these are 15 hemispherical ivory Beads.1 |
| Description (Modern): | A cluster of six copper alloy rods sheathed in silver below and gold at the top of the shafts, all topped by very wide, short, leaf-shaped spear heads; with these are 15 hemispherical ivory Beads.1 |
| Description (Modern): | A cluster of six copper alloy rods sheathed in silver below and gold at the top of the shafts, all topped by very wide, short, leaf-shaped spear heads; with these are 15 hemispherical ivory Beads.1 |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Mineral >> Semi-precious >> Lapis Lazuli |
| Material: | Organic Remains >> Shell >> Marine Shell >> Mother of Pearl |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Metal >> Copper Alloy 1 |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Metal >> Silver 1 |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Metal >> Gold 1 |
| Material: | Organic Remains >> Tooth >> Ivory 1 |
| Museum Number (BM Big Number): | 122293 |
| Museum Number (BM Registration Number): | 1929,1017.100 |
| [1] Data collected by British Museum research team. |
| [2] Woolley's description |
| [3] Material as described by Woolley |
Files
| 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) |
- 1 Location
| 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:230 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:52 Page:230 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Royal Cemetary Notes 1130-1237_p205 | Royal Cemetary Notes 1130-1237_p205 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Royal Cemetary Notes 1130-1237_p266 | Royal Cemetary Notes 1130-1237_p266 | (none) |
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