Description (Catalog Card): Gold Figure and Pin. Figurine H. 0062., of thin gold on a core which has perished: female figure with hands clasped below breasts. Hair in vertical curls over forehead and coming down on shoulders in a heavy mass waved horizontally: features heavy showing Sumerian tradition. Edges of drapery not indicated. Below the waist the body is simply columnar with a raised rim edge where the feet should be. This was apparently mounted on a gold-plated wooden stick, 0.123 long., tapering downwards (c.f. Ephesus ivories). The metal and part of the wood remain.2     
Find Context (Catalog Card): Found with other gold objects, silver, bronze vessels, and beads, below the persian brick pavement in the E corner of TTB 5.      
Material (Catalog Card): Wood3     
Material (Catalog Card): Gold3     
Measurement (Catalog Card): Total L. 0.158 ht .062 stick .123 long      
U Number: 456     
Museum: University of Pennsylvania Museum      
Object Type: Dress and Personal Ornaments >> Clasps >> Pins      
Season Number: 01: 1922-1923      
Description (Modern): Pin Head-Female Figure gold hair pin with statuette of priestess (4 pieces)1     
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Metal >> Gold      
Material: Organic Remains >> Wood      
Museum Number (UPM B-number): B15241     
[1] CBS Register:
[2] Woolley's description
[3] Material as described by Woolley

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Location Context Title Context Description Description (Modern)
TTB.5 (none) (none)
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Media Media Title Title Label Author Omeka Label
British Museum Photo Negatives British Museum Photo Negatives (none) (none) (none)
Excavations at Ur of the Chaldees Excavations at Ur of the Chaldees 1923 Woolley, C. L. (none)
Field Photographs Field Photographs (none) (none) (none)
Field Photographs Field Photographs GN0042 GN0042 (none)
Ur Excavations IX; The Neo-Babylonian and Persian Periods Ur Excavations IX; The Neo-Babylonian and Persian Periods 1962 Woolley, L. and Mallowan, Max (none)
Woolley's Catalog Cards Woolley's Catalog Cards Card -- BM ID:194 Box:22 Page:204 Card -- BM ID:194 Box:22 Page:204 (none)
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