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)
12463D	30-12-600	(none)	(none)	Gold fillets. [A-F] Six. Thin leaf gold. All worn on head of one man. [drawing]
12463E	(none)	1929,1017.48	(none)	Gold fillets. [A-F] Six. Thin leaf gold. All worn on head of one man. [drawing]
12463F	(none)	1929,1017.50	(none)	Gold fillets. [A-F] Six. Thin leaf gold. All worn on head of one man. [drawing]
12464	30-12-603	(none)	(none)	Gold diadem. A plain oval of sheet gold with a small hole at each end. Found not on the head but against a silver vase by the hands
12465	30-12-595	(none)	(none)	Gold ribbon. Wound in a spiral coil probably round a lock of hair (found on and under the head). Broken into several pieces.
12466	(none)	1929,1017.26	(none)	Hair ring. Gold. Three coils of fairly thick gold wire. Found not on the head but with the silver vase etc by the hands, between the 2 earrings U.12467[A-B], as if the had been tied together.
12628	30-12-596	(none)	(none)	Gold ribbon fragment. Of type used as binding for women's hair in the shaft graves.
12634	(none)	1929,1017.52	(none)	Gold ribbon. Gold ribbon. Worn across forehead and coiled to contain intertwined coils. Ends rounded off and perforated. Broken in 3 pieces.
12704K	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group: [A] (1) Stone vase. White calcite. Type same as U.12277 [Type] LII. [B] (2) Stone vase. White calcite. Spill type. [drawing 1:5] [C] (3) Stone bowl grey steatite. Broken but complete [Type] LXXXVI. [D] (4) Stone bowl. White calcite. [Type] LIII. [drawing 2:5] [E] (5) Three silver finger rings: corroded together - only one intact - consisting of 3 1/2 coils of fine wire. [F] (6) Remains of copper pin with fluted lapis ball head. Type V B. [G] (7) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. 2 registers. Above: spread eagles and rampant gazelles (?). Below: Gazelles. [H] (8) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Rampant lions crossed and gazelles. [I] (9) Beads. Lapis bugles and double conoids. Carnelian bugles and rings and some silver wire pendants much decayed. See field note. The silver spiral pendants had 4 circles of spiral coils made out of a single strip of wire thus [reference to drawing]. [drawing] [J] Also in the necklace a minute lapis lazuli frog amulet. [K] Round forehead thin gold ribbon. [drawing] [L] Large double conoid carnelian beads and a few bugles and one calcite bead shaped thus [reference to drawing], diamond shaped in section.
12715D	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group: [A] (1) Necklace. Small lapis and silver beads. [B] (2) Copper pin. Type VI B. With lapis ball head. Tip broken [C] (3) Silver wire earring 2 1/2 spiral coils. [D] (4) Silver hair ribbon. Fragments in poor condition.
13044	(none)	(none)	(none)	Silver diadem. Elliptical. Bent to rest flat on forehead. Broken in 2 pieces.
13508	31-17-80	(none)	(none)	Gold diadem. Thin gold leaf. [drawing 1:1]
13790	(none)	1930,1213.2	(none)	Gold bandeau. A plain strip of metal ribbon with rounded and pierced ends.
13791A	(none)	1930,1213.6	(none)	[A-B] 2 hair-rings. Gold. Spiral coils of gold wire.
13791B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] 2 hair-rings. Gold. Spiral coils of gold wire.
13793	(none)	1930,1213.14	(none)	Frontlet. 2 lengths of gold chain. I gold & 2 carnelian bugle beads square in section; 2 ribbed globular gold beads, 2 ribbed globular lapis beads.
13794	(none)	1930,1213.12	(none)	Frontlet. 2 lengths of gold chain. 1 gold and 2 carnelian bugle beads; 4 small gold beads.
13795	(none)	1930,1213.15	(none)	Frontlet. 2 lengths of gold chain (one broken) 1 gold & 2 (discolored) lapis facetted lentoid beads, 4 carnelian ring beads.
13796	(none)	1930,1213.13	(none)	Frontlet. 2 lengths of gold chain. 1 gold & 2 (discolored) lapis facetted lentoid beads; 4 carnelian rings.
14038	31-17-79	(none)	(none)	Gold diadem. Repousse dot border. Broken in 3 pieces. Perforated ends. [drawing]
14095	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper hair pin. Broken in 2 pieces.
14257	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper head gear. Fragment in poor condition. A triangular strip of copper capped by three copper knobs-possible a comb. [drawing]
14315	(none)	(none)	(none)	Gold diadem. Engraved with a single rosette. [drawing 1:1]
14439A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Gold diadem. [drawing 1:1]
14470A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Silver comb. With 5 prongs each decorated with a lapis lazuli ball bead.