Headdress

Headdresses contain multiple items from wreaths and diadems to hair combs and rings. Most of these are made of precious metals and/or beads of semi-precious stone. Usually, the more elaborate the headdresses are, the higher the status of the person.

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
19018E	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group: (A) Copper bowl, Type III; (B)[B and F] Pair of small gold lunate earrings; (C) Copper bracelet; (D) Beads: carnelian tubes, square tubes, barrels and rectangular; gold balls; lapis date-shaped; large chalcedony flattened oval; (E) Fragment of gold ribbon from head.
19022B	35-1-100A	(none)	(none)	(A) Gold fillet, as [drawing] (B) Gold frontlet, oval with pierced ends. Bad condition; (C) Beads: very long carnelian tubes, balls; lapis tube and double conoid; silver balls; balls of gilt copper; flattened carnelian(?) disk.
7694B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] 2 gold foil diadems. Perforated at each end. [drawing 1:1]
10328B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-F] 6 Gold Ribbons Worn around head radiating out from crown of head Imprint of veil on the under side of one of the ribbons/
10328C	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-F] 6 Gold Ribbons Worn around head radiating out from crown of head Imprint of veil on the under side of one of the ribbons/
10328D	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-F] 6 Gold Ribbons Worn around head radiating out from crown of head Imprint of veil on the under side of one of the ribbons/
10328E	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-F] 6 Gold Ribbons Worn around head radiating out from crown of head Imprint of veil on the under side of one of the ribbons/
10328F	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-F] 6 Gold Ribbons Worn around head radiating out from crown of head Imprint of veil on the under side of one of the ribbons/
10890A.2	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A.1-.2] Gold ear-rings a pair wire spiral coils
10948B	(none)	(none)	B16684	Gold Crown. Formed of beads and figurines, etc. sewn onto a fillet of leather. The background was composed of minute beads of lapis and gold--the latter short tubular lengths. Against these stood out: (A) 4 pairs of animals, viz. 2 antlered stags. 2 bearded bulls, 2 gazelles, 2 rams. (B) Small 8-petalled rosettes. (C) Plant ornaments, viz. Ears of corn, pomegranates, bunches composed of 3 fruit and 3 leaves, plants with rough stems (gold-leaf over silver) and gold and carnelian pods. (D) 8 Twisted wire palmettes for the order of them see field notes.
10948C	(none)	(none)	B16684	Gold Crown. Formed of beads and figurines, etc. sewn onto a fillet of leather. The background was composed of minute beads of lapis and gold--the latter short tubular lengths. Against these stood out: (A) 4 pairs of animals, viz. 2 antlered stags. 2 bearded bulls, 2 gazelles, 2 rams. (B) Small 8-petalled rosettes. (C) Plant ornaments, viz. Ears of corn, pomegranates, bunches composed of 3 fruit and 3 leaves, plants with rough stems (gold-leaf over silver) and gold and carnelian pods. (D) 8 Twisted wire palmettes for the order of them see field notes.
10948D	(none)	(none)	B16684	Gold Crown. Formed of beads and figurines, etc. sewn onto a fillet of leather. The background was composed of minute beads of lapis and gold--the latter short tubular lengths. Against these stood out: (A) 4 pairs of animals, viz. 2 antlered stags. 2 bearded bulls, 2 gazelles, 2 rams. (B) Small 8-petalled rosettes. (C) Plant ornaments, viz. Ears of corn, pomegranates, bunches composed of 3 fruit and 3 leaves, plants with rough stems (gold-leaf over silver) and gold and carnelian pods. (D) 8 Twisted wire palmettes for the order of them see field notes.
11102B	(none)	(none)	B17775	[A-B] 2 Gold Diadems & [C] gold ribbon, worn on forehead. The gold ribbons consist of 2 short coiled bands of gold through which the curled hair was interwoven. [drawing]
11147.3	(none)	(none)	B17633	Beads. Lapis bugles and carnelian rings being the remains of a headdress (the rest had been plundered).
11534B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Gold hair rings. Spiral coils of gold wire. A pair.
11555B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-C] 3 Gold hair-rings. Spiral coils of thick gold wire.
11555C	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-C] 3 Gold hair-rings. Spiral coils of thick gold wire.
12344D	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-D] Spiral gold ribbon. Wound round locks of hair on forehead. 4 strips.
12365N	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group: [A] Gold hair ribbon. [B.1-.2] Gold Lunate earrings. [C-E] 3 Gold flowers on silver stems. [F] Wreath of gold leaves on lapis and carnelian beads. [G] Row of silver rings on lapis and carnelian beads. [H] Silver comb with 3 inlaid flowers. [I] String of large ribbed lapis and gold ball beads. [J] Necklace of blue and gold triangular beads. [K-L] 2 silver pins, type VI B [M] Cockle shells with green paint. [N] Silver wire spiral coil hair ring. [O] Wristlet of gold and lapis tubular heads and carnelian rings.
12374B.2	30-12-705B	(none)	(none)	Group: [A.1-.2] Large gold lunate earring. [B.1-.2] Two heavy gold wire spiral coil hair rings. [C] Necklace of gold and lapis triangles. [D] Necklace of gold and lapis double round beads. [E] Gold pin with fluted lapis head V B. [F] Lapis cylinder seal two registers. [G-I] A set of 3 gold rings, each of cable pattern with plain rim. [J-L] Are human finger bones found inside the rings. Added by project]
12443D	(none)	(none)	(none)	Small gold varia. Found loose in the floor of Chamber A. [A] Nine gold leaves, [B-C] 2 rosettes and [D-G] 4 copper stems with gold foil at the end: all are from an elaborate crown like those found in Shubad's grave and in PG 777. [H-I] 2 earrings, spiral coils of gold wire. [J] A gold wire ring pendant from a headdress.
12463C	30-12-599	(none)	(none)	Gold fillets. [A-F] Six. Thin leaf gold. All worn on head of one man. [drawing]
12463D	30-12-600	(none)	(none)	Gold fillets. [A-F] Six. Thin leaf gold. All worn on head of one man. [drawing]
13791B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] 2 hair-rings. Gold. Spiral coils of gold wire.
15457B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] 2 gold ribbon frontlets. Perforated at each end. [drawing 1:1]