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Object U Number Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) Museum Number (BM Registration Number) Museum Number (UPM B-number) Description (Catalog Card)
10966A (none) (none) B17185 Cockle-shells. Containing green and white paint, of unusually large size, the biggest being 145mm, across.
10966B (none) (none) B17186 Cockle-shells. Containing green and white paint, of unusually large size, the biggest being 145mm, across.
8222 (none) (none) B17187 Cockle shells. Five, containing paint. [4 shells under this number in UPM?]
8468 (none) (none) B17188 Cockle shell. Traces of dark green paint.
8345A.1 (none) (none) B17189 [A and B] 2 cockle shells. Containing green paint.
8191 (none) (none) B17194 Shell. Cut as a ladle: a piece is left across the opening and this is carved into a bird's head, the eye inlaid with lapis. [drawing]
10826D (none) (none) B17312 Tomb Group. A) Copper helmet on [D] skull. B) Spearhead, copper, poker type, Type I. C) Copper spearhead, point broken and missing. Type V. (without ribs or tang). [drawing]
8847 (none) (none) B17313 Bitumen bellum
8846 (none) (none) B17314 BITUMEN BELLUM
8848 (none) (none) B17315 Bitumen bellum.
10411D (none) (none) B17344 [A-D] 4 [struck out: "arrows"] Throwing spears Found apparently inside a quiver of which the base was formed by a very large copper nail with silver-plated head; diam 0045. The spears had been broken across the middle, and of 2 of them the butt end was missing, of 2 it was present. The heads are of gold 017 long: the shafts were bound with gold and silver bands 003, wide with 003, of wood showing between: the butts are of gold with copper fork to take the bow-string. See Field Notes.
9137 (none) (none) B17361 Copper mace head Heavy copper cylinder with projecting points. Inside, the remains of the wooden handle [drawing] nearly 1:1
8783 (none) (none) B17463 Bradawl. Bitumen handle, copper borer, tip of bore missing. [drawing]
8246 (none) (none) B17506 Copper knife. Broken. On the blade are well preserved traces of a woven rough sheath covered with linen. [drawing] 1:1
(none) (none) (none) B17544 (none)
(none) (none) (none) B17581 Unknown
10597C (none) (none) B17592 Tomb group. A. Beads, lapis double conoids and 1 gold lentoid. B. Silver wire coil earrings. C. Cockle shells with paint. D. [.1-.2]) Copper pin with lapis head (broken)
11148 (none) (none) B17598 Cylinder Seal. Shell. Poor condition. Present: scene: 2 figures advancing towards a seated god. Attributes: Crescent moon and horns standing on 2 feet. [drawing]
(none) (none) (none) B17602 Unknown
8009 (none) (none) B17622 White shell beads. All small, mostly minute: several thousands of them, with one white spacer.
9783 (none) (none) B17677 Beads 14 gold ring spacers and a quantity of small lapis beads and carnelian rings: for order see Field Notes. With them are mixed the smaller lapis beads mentioned in the Field Notes as probably belonging to the headdress. [drawing 1:1]
10594A (none) (none) B17679 Tomb Group. (A) Beads. Small lapis double conoids and some silver. [B-C] 2 silver wire spiral coil earrings.
10556C (none) (none) B17684 [A] Bull's head. Gold, with lapis hair between the horns and a lapis beard set in silver; the gold horns are tipped with lapis. [B]The body was of wood (see Field Notes) and down the front are [C] shell plaques with engraved mythological scenes
(none) (none) (none) B17690 (none)
10556A (none) (none) B17694B [A] Bull's head. Gold, with lapis hair between the horns and a lapis beard set in silver; the gold horns are tipped with lapis. [B]The body was of wood (see Field Notes) and down the front are [C] shell plaques with engraved mythological scenes

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