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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 9667A | (none) | 1935,0113.430 | (none) | [A-B] 2 Gold Diadems Fragments Worn round forehead Both beyond repair [drawing] |
| 9667B | (none) | 1935,0113.430 | (none) | [A-B] 2 Gold Diadems Fragments Worn round forehead Both beyond repair [drawing] |
| 11735 | (none) | 1929,1017.51 | (none) | Gold Diadem. Plain strip of rather heavy metal with a hole at each end. | |
| 12343 | (none) | 1929,1017.162 | (none) | Gold Diadem. Oval shaped; perforated at each end. Thin gold leaf. |
| 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. |
| (none) | (none) | 1928,1010.361 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1928,1010.360 | (none) | (none) |
| 9810 | (none) | 1928,1010.265 | (none) | Gold diadem Thin gold leaf worn over forehead. Reddish gold [drawing] 1:1 |
| 9895A | (none) | 1928,1010.225 | (none) | Two Gold Diadems Thin gold leaf worn on forehead Perforated ends |
| 11206 | (none) | 1928,1010.15 | (none) | Gold Diadem. Normal type, elliptical in shape, with perforated ends. [drawing 1:1] |
| 9101 | (none) | 1928,1009.308 | (none) | Copper blade Oval and apparently sharpened all around [drawing] | |
| 8003 | (none) | 1928,1009.175 | (none) | Gold diadem. Made of fairly heavy strip gold, plain, but with a line of minute punctures along each edge. |
| 7951 | (none) | 1928,1009.174 | (none) | Gold diadem. An oval strip of gold leaf with rounded ends: at each end a small hole; along the edge stamped dots. To this was attached a strip of similar thin gold, now in pieces, originally with a hole at each end for attachment to the oval front piece, but one end is missing. |
| 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] | |
| 8173 | (none) | (none) | B16686 | Gold diadem. Thin gold: long strip with rounded ends. Thin gold with sewing-holes at each end and in the middle : along the edge very small dots in relief. The whole field is occupied by a scene rendered by impressed outlines, worked from the front onto a mould with incised design. Scene of animals and men. (see separate description). | |
| 8214 | (none) | (none) | B16704 | Silver suspenders. A plain ring of silver wire from which hangs a spacer for 3 strings of beads: they appeared to hang from the head this way up, but two were found corroded together in opposite directions. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 8524A | (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. |
| 8693 | (none) | (none) | B16798 | Diadem. Composed of two pieces of gold (imitation chain) and 3 beads, large lentoids, 2 of lapis, 1 of gold. See field notes. The gold 'chains' are made of 4 strings of twisted 2-ply gold wire soldered together: one has come unsoldered at the end. The beads must have come in the middle of the forehead and a string must have connected the gold pieces behind the head. | |
| 8752 | (none) | (none) | (none) | 1 gold foil diadem. Broken in 3 pieces. Each end perforated for attachment to forehead. |
| 8790 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Diadem. Gold foil. Poor condition. Broken in two pieces. Portion missing. Each end perforated. Badly bent. Roughly lentoid shape. Found in position on forehead. [drawing] |
| 8913 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold diadem. Made of sheet gold, an oval 0185 x 0065, with a star rosette in the center made with impressed lines: at each end of the hole through which pass the gold wires for attachment behind the head. |
| 9167 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold diadem Plain narrow gold ribbon with hole at each end |
| 9307 | (none) | (none) | B17007 | Gold diadem [drawing]1:2 | |
| 9314 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Diadem (?) With uniform width and square corners, cut slightly on the curve from a thin sheet of plain gold [drawing] 1:2 |
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