12430
| Description (Catalog Card): | Cockle shells containing green pain. Found with the bodies in the death pit.1 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | PG 1237 |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Shell2 |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Pigment2 |
| [1] Woolley's description |
| [2] 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:53 Page:54 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:53 Page:54 | (none) |
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