17806E | 32-40-233
| Description (Catalog Card): | Groups: From one burial. (A) Gold fillet, of narrow thin ribbon, twisted. (B) [B.1-.2] A pair of gold earrings, each consisting of two complete earrings intertwined, of the small hollow lunate type: in each case, one earring is fatter than the other: D.'s 15mm and 13mm respectively. One hoop is broken. (C) Cylinder seal, lapis lazuli, standing, human figures roughly cut. (D) Gold finger ring, hollow tube pressed in along the periphery thus [drawing]. (E) Beads: gold and carnelian, lapis and silver diamonds: gold and carnelian barrels and double conoids; mixed types, large lentoids, bugles, balls and double conoids of carnelian, agate, lapis. For order see field notes.1 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | PG 1849. Burial E. |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Lapis lazuli2 |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Silver2 |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Agate2 |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Carnelian2 |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Gold2 |
| U Number: | 17806E |
| Object Type: | Dress and Personal Ornaments >> Miscellaneous Pieces >> Beads |
| Museum: | University of Pennsylvania Museum |
| Season Number: | 10: 1931-1932 |
| Description (Modern): | Beads |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Mineral >> Semi-precious >> Chalcedony >> Agate |
| 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 |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Metal >> Silver |
| Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number): | 32-40-233 |
| Notes: | British Museum appears to have some of these beads, accession numbers 123142 and 123147 |
| [1] Woolley's description |
| [2] Material as described by Woolley |
Files
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Burial E | (none) | (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) |
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:70 Page:3 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:70 Page:3 | (none) |
- 2 Media
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Context
Ur >> Royal Cemetery | PG >> Private Graves 1801-1850 >> PG/1849 >> Burial E
References
Woolley, Leonard. (1934) Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery, Oxford: Oxford University Press.