Frontlets

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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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
10948E.6	(none)	(none)	B16684.61	Gold Crown. [E.1-.16] 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) [A.1-.8] 4 pairs of animals, viz. 2 antlered stags. 2 bearded bulls, 2 gazelles, 2 rams. (B) [B.1-.17] Small 8-petalled rosettes. (C) [C.1-.23] 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) [D.1-.8] 8 Twisted wire palmettes for the order of them see field notes.
10948E.7	(none)	(none)	B16684.62	Gold Crown. [E.1-.16] 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) [A.1-.8] 4 pairs of animals, viz. 2 antlered stags. 2 bearded bulls, 2 gazelles, 2 rams. (B) [B.1-.17] Small 8-petalled rosettes. (C) [C.1-.23] 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) [D.1-.8] 8 Twisted wire palmettes for the order of them see field notes.
10948E.8	(none)	(none)	B16684.63	Gold Crown. [E.1-.16] 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) [A.1-.8] 4 pairs of animals, viz. 2 antlered stags. 2 bearded bulls, 2 gazelles, 2 rams. (B) [B.1-.17] Small 8-petalled rosettes. (C) [C.1-.23] 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) [D.1-.8] 8 Twisted wire palmettes for the order of them see field notes.
10948E.9	(none)	(none)	B16684.64	Gold Crown. [E.1-.16] 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) [A.1-.8] 4 pairs of animals, viz. 2 antlered stags. 2 bearded bulls, 2 gazelles, 2 rams. (B) [B.1-.17] Small 8-petalled rosettes. (C) [C.1-.23] 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) [D.1-.8] 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]
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]
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.
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
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]
14038	31-17-79	(none)	(none)	Gold diadem. Repousse dot border. Broken in 3 pieces. Perforated ends. [drawing]
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]
17813Q	32-40-438	(none)	(none)	Group. From one burial. (A) [A and K-L] 3 gold frontlets. (B) Twisted gold hair-ribbon. (C) [C and M] Two gold hair-rings, spirally coiled with lunate ends, with one of them [N] a silver ring. (D) Beads: a string of very small fluted gold balls and carnelian balls and one very thin lapis bugle with gold caps. (E) Beads: gold balls, agate, carnelian, marble and jasper; long bugles, flattened lentoids, disks and lentoids. (F) [F and O] Two gold bracelets, of thin gold bent over copper wire. (G) Silver bracelet, plain wire. (H) [H and I] Copper bracelets, 2, plain wire. (J) Copper axe, thus: [reference to drawing] a copy of the old type but not cast: hammered and the socket made by bending. Type S10. [drawing]
53	(none)	1923,1110.170	(none)	Gold mouth piece. Formed of thin gold plate cut to shape as below: [references drawing] The ends of the band pierced for stringing. [drawing]
7694A	(none)	(none)	B17703	[A-B] 2 gold foil diadems. Perforated at each end. [drawing 1:1]