Conservation: 2007. University Museum Near East Section Ur Metals Conservation Treatment Project. IMLS Grant.     
Description (Catalog Card): Copper pin. WIth ball head of carnelian and gold. Shaft broken and much of it missing. [type] V1     
Find Context (Catalog Card): TTE PG 55     
Material (Catalog Card): Copper Alloy3     
U Number: 8016     
Museum: University of Pennsylvania Museum      
Object Type: Dress and Personal Ornaments >> Clasps >> Pins      
Season Number: 05: 1926-1927      
Museum: British Museum      
Description (Modern): Straight Pin; Carnelian/gold Ball2     
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Metal >> Copper Alloy      
Museum Number (BM Registration Number): B16765     
Measurement (Weight): 7.902     
Measurement (Y): 10.002     
Notes: BM Data linked object with 1928,1009.364. B16765, is the head and part of the body of the pin, 1928,1009.364 is a fragment of the midsection of the pin. Both could be part of this U number.      
[1] Woolley's description
[2] Aubrey Baadsgaard, “Trends, Traditions, and Transformations: Fashions in Dress in Early Dynastic Mesopotamia” (PhD diss., University of Pennsylvania, 2008).
[3] Material as described by Woolley

Locations: 8016 | B16765 Export: JSON - XML - CSV

Location Context Title Context Description Description (Modern)
PG/55 (none) (none)
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Media: 8016 | B16765 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)
Trends, Traditions, and Transformations: Fashions in Dress in Early Dynastic Mesopotamia Trends, Traditions, and Transformations: Fashions in Dress in Early Dynastic Mesopotamia 2008 Baadsgaard, Aubrey (none)
Woolley's Catalog Cards Woolley's Catalog Cards Card -- BM ID:194 Box:36 Page:251 Card -- BM ID:194 Box:36 Page:251 (none)
  • 3 Media