9777A
| Description (Catalog Card): | [A-B] Spindles A pair Silver spindles with lapis whorls both very slender1 |
| Description (Archival): | Straight Pin; Lapis Disk2 |
| Description (Archival): | w/ Lapis Whorl CBS Register: silver spindle with lapis whorl. length 175 mm |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | Found low in filling, close to the 3rd lot of beads PG 580 |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Silver, Lapis3 |
| Measurement (Catalog Card): | Length 023 Diam. of whorl 0015 |
| U Number: | 9777A |
| Object Type: | Tools and Equipment >> Whorls, Weights, Plumb Bobs >> Spindle Whorls |
| Object Type: | Tools and Equipment >> Whorls, Weights, Plumb Bobs >> Spindles |
| Museum: | University of Pennsylvania Museum |
| Season Number: | 06: 1927-1928 |
| Description (Modern): | Sliver spindle, broken in two can be mended. Another rod of iron? attached possibly to help preserve the silver spindle? Lapis spindle whorl attached to silver pin. Disk shaped. |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Metal >> Silver |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Mineral >> Semi-precious >> Lapis Lazuli |
| Museum Number (UPM B-number): | B17550 |
| Measurement (Length): | 180 spindle |
| Measurement (Diameter): | 2 spindle |
| Measurement (Thickness): | 4 whorl |
| Measurement (Diameter): | 27 whorl |
| Measurement (Length): | 172.002 spindle |
| Measurement (Thickness): | 3.002 whorl |
| Measurement (Weight): | 12.002 |
| [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 |
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | PG/580 | This grave was cut by Trial Trench E at the end of one season and excavation was not completed until the following season. It was a time when Woolley was only just recognizing the royal graves as a separate type in the cemetery. The wealth of objects uncovered here led him to suspect it was 'royal' but there were many problems with the condition of the grave and the circumstances of excavation that have led to confusion. After this discovery, Woolley decided to abandon the trial trench method and open the entire cemetery area. He also began to map individual graves. | (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) |
| 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:43 Page:46 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:43 Page:46 | (none) |
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Context
Ur >> Royal Cemetery | PG >> TTE >> PG/580
References
Woolley, Leonard. (1934) Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery, Oxford: Oxford University Press.