Frontlets
This category includes jewelry that is worn around the head, usually across the forehead.
Frontlets are usually strips of metal that are worn around the head. They can be divided into different categories:
Fillets are one strip of metal worn around the head.
Diadems are a strip of metal with an oval piece worn around the head.
Brims are a chain of metal with three large beads worn around the head.
Since these are not definate definitions, they have not been subdivided out.
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 9895A | (none) | 1928,1010.225 | (none) | Two Gold Diadems Thin gold leaf worn on forehead Perforated ends |
![]() | 9895B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Two Gold Diadems Thin gold leaf worn on forehead Perforated ends |
| 10754 | (none) | (none) | B16921 | Gold Diadem Elliptical Impressed bead border. Perforated at either end [drawing] | |
| 10788 | (none) | (none) | B17566 | Gold Diadem Consisting of wide gold fillet worn above elliptical shaped piece of gold foil with straight ends And piece of thin gold ribbon [drawing] [drawing] 1:5 58x5=290 | |
![]() | 10948A | (none) | (none) | (none) | 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. |
![]() | 11102A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [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] |
![]() | 11206 | (none) | 1928,1010.15 | (none) | Gold Diadem. Normal type, elliptical in shape, with perforated ends. [drawing 1:1] |
![]() | 11422 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold Diadem. Thin gold plate. [drawing] |
| 11735 | (none) | 1929,1017.51 | (none) | Gold Diadem. Plain strip of rather heavy metal with a hole at each end. | |
![]() | 11770 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Frontlet. Gold ring pendants (13) separated by carnelian rings & small lapis bugles. (see Field Notes). |
![]() | 11771 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold Diadem. Plain except for a border of half-punctured dots. |
![]() | 11772 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold Diadem. Plain except for a border of half-punctured dots. |
![]() | 11776 | (none) | 1929,1017.11 | (none) | Gold diadem. On to a background of tubular beads of gold and silver, 3 strands wide and the beads set in vertical bands of each metal, wire hung small figures of 2 seated bulls and also bunches of leaves and pomegranates, front of gold and glass paste, and gold rosettes. For more see field notes. The silver beads have all decayed (like the gold they were of very thin metal over a tubular core) and so have the globular paste fruits and silver pomegranates: the gold is very thin and in a bad state owing to the swelling of the bitumen core. The animals were secured by a thread passing through the body and held below by a minute carnelian ball bead. |
![]() | 11991 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold Diadem. Plain thin gold. [drawing] |
![]() | 12343 | (none) | 1929,1017.162 | (none) | Gold Diadem. Oval shaped; perforated at each end. Thin gold leaf. |
![]() | 13044 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver diadem. Elliptical. Bent to rest flat on forehead. Broken in 2 pieces. |
![]() | 14315 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold diadem. Engraved with a single rosette. [drawing 1:1] |
![]() | 14439A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold diadem. [drawing 1:1] |
![]() | 17367 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold diadem. Strip of poor gold ribbon. [drawing 1:1] |
![]() | 7694B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 gold foil diadems. Perforated at each end. [drawing 1:1] |
![]() | 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] |
![]() | 8524B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver diadem Broken It appears to be formed of 2 separate parts: (A) A strip of thin silver plate (apparently plain) 0022 wide and about 018 long tapering to curved ends wherein are attachment holes: and (B) A strip of thin silver 005 wide twisted with a spiral coil so as to act as a spring: this appeared to be attached to (A) and to go round the back of the head. |
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