Rings

Rings are usually made of metal with stone or other metal designes. They can be worn on the finger or the toe and are usually only distinguished by their placement on the body. They are distinguished from hair and ear rings by their size and lack of coils.

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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)
12409L	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group: [A] Gold hair ribbon. [B.1-.2] Large gold lunate earring. [C] Wreath of gold leaves on lapis and carnelian beads. [D] Silver comb with inlaid flowers. [E] Necklace of gold and lapis triangles. [F] Necklace of gold and lapis ribbed ball beads (for order see field notes). [G] Necklace of lapis and silver double conoids. [H] Silver pin with lapis head [Type] VI B. [I] Silver pin with lapis head [Type] VI B. [J] Wristlet of gold and lapis tubular beads and carnelian rings (part of it waxed). [K-L] 2 silver finger rings.
12420J	30-12-743	(none)	(none)	Group: [A] Gold hair ribbon. [B.1-.2] Large gold lunate earrings. [C] Wreath of gold leaves on lapis and carnelian beads. [D] Silver comb with inlaid flowers. [E-F] 2 gold flowers on silver stems. [G] Necklace of gold and lapis triangles. [H.1-.2] Necklace of gold and lapis ball beads. [I] Silver pin with fluted lapis head [Type] VI B. [J] One silver finger ring. [K] Bracelet of gold and lapis triangular beads and carnelian rings (order in field notes). [L] Second silver pin with lapis head [Type] VI B.L]
12423J	30-12-734	(none)	(none)	Group: [A] Gold hair ribbon. [B.1-.2] Large gold lunate earring. [C] Wreath of gold leaves on lapis and carnelian beads. [D] Silver comb with inlaid flowers. [E] Necklace of lapis and gold triangles. [F] Necklace of gold and lapis double conoid beads. [G] Silver pin with lapis and gold head [Type] VI B. [H] Silver pin with lapis head [Type] VI B. [I] Copper pin with lapis head (broken). [J] A silver finger ring. [K] Wristlet of tubular gold and lapis beads and carnelian rings (order in field notes)
12425E	30-12-622	(none)	(none)	Group: [A] Silver hair ribbon. This has not been put on the head but is coiled up ready for use. [B.1-.2] Large gold lunate earring. [C.1-.3] Necklace of lapis and silver double conoid beads. [D.1-.2] 2 silver wire spiral coil hair rings. [E-F] 2 silver finger rings made from spiral coils of thin wire [G] Copper pin with fluted lapis head. Broken and in bad condition.
12603	30-12-516	(none)	(none)	[A-B] 2 silver finger rings.
12614	(none)	(none)	(none)	Gold finger ring. Ends loose. Made of a simple piece of gold foil hammered over so as to give the appearance on the outside of a double ring with a runnel between each rim. Section thus -: [reference to drawing] Common technique. [drawing]
12619	30-12-534	(none)	(none)	Finger rings. [A] Copper and [B] 1 gold finger ring (broken).
12623A	30-12-323	(none)	(none)	[A-B] 2 copper toe rings. Single coiled ends slightly overlapping and thickened.
12664D	30-12-518	(none)	(none)	Group: [A] (1) Wooden comb completely broken. [B] (2) Clay bottle, smoked grey ware. [C] (3) Earring - silver and copper intertwined lunate ends. 1 1/2 spiral coils. [D] 1 silver finger ring plain and [E] 1 copper [finger ring]. [F] Lapis cylinder seal. Two enthroned bird men sucking straws from a champagne vase . [G] Small beads. Lapis and silver rings and one large flat square lapis.
12664E	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group: [A] (1) Wooden comb completely broken. [B] (2) Clay bottle, smoked grey ware. [C] (3) Earring - silver and copper intertwined lunate ends. 1 1/2 spiral coils. [D] 1 silver finger ring plain and [E] 1 copper [finger ring]. [F] Lapis cylinder seal. Two enthroned bird men sucking straws from a champagne vase . [G] Small beads. Lapis and silver rings and one large flat square lapis.
12676A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Finger rings. Silver. A pair. Each pair consists of 2 plain silver rings in between which is a wide ring of 6 very thin coils of silver wire.
12676B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Finger rings. Silver. A pair. Each pair consists of 2 plain silver rings in between which is a wide ring of 6 very thin coils of silver wire.
12703D	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group: [A] (1) Silver earring, 2 1/2 spiral wire coils. [B] (2) Copper pin Type V B. Lapis ball head. [C] (3) Lapis and silver double conoids and diamonds, lapis and carnelian bugles and carnelian barrels. [D] (4) Silver finger ring. [E] (5) Stone vase white calcite variant, Type I.
12704F	30-12-520	(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.
12707E	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group: [A] (1) Stone vase, white calcite. For type see field ntoes. [Type] LXXVI. [B] (2) Stone bowl, white calcite. Broken badly. Type XIX. [C] (3) Copper lamp normal type cut as a shell. L. 140mm. L. of spout 100mm with ring at end for suspension. [D] (4) Beads. Carnelian rings probably a bracelet with thin silver wire bracelets elliptical, broken and decayed. [E] (5) Silver wire finger ring. [F] (6) Frontlet of beads. 1 lapis bugle and 2 carnelian bugles [G] (7) Cylinder seal. Shell. Much decayed. [H] (8) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli originally suspended on a silver wire. Subject. [I] (9) Copper strainer. Corroded with it. Normal type. [J] (10) A copper tumbler. Straight sided [Type] LVII. [K] (11) Copper axe type XXI. [L] (12) Copper holdfasts. Croquet hook type. [drawing] [M] (13) Copper pin. Type V B. Lapis ball head corroded with: [N] 14) Copper dagger type II B.
12734	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] 2 gold finger rings. Plain wire loops.
12774H	(none)	(none)	(none)	Objects. (A) Bead, long, clay imitation of bead cut from shell core. (B) Clay bugle bead. (C) Shell bugle bead. (D) Clay spindle whorl. (E) Copper needle (broken). (F) Clay nail. (G) Fragment of clay sickle. (H) Penannular ring of shell. [I not assigned in group] (J) [J.1-.11] Chips, flint and obsidian, including one flint piercer. (K) [K.1-.2] Fragments of clay animal figurines. (L) Animal tooth. (M) Miniature pot of reddish clay, broken. (N) Pottery fragments. [N.1-.4] 4 small bits black design on white, characteristic TO [Tel Obaid]; [N.5-.6] 2 pieces, black band on drab, coarse ware; [N.7-.10] 4 pieces red bands on drab [N.11] 1 piece plain red wash(?); [N.12-.13] 2 pieces, design in red on light ground; [N.14-.15] 2 pieces, design in red and black on light ground : rows of triangles and bands; [N.16-.18] 3 pieces with transverse bands of erased slip decoration, light red on deeper red body. (O) [O.1] Cylindrical vase of light drab clay and [O.2] fragment of a second similar. (P) Clay jar sealing (?) with scratched design. (Q) Clay jar sealing with impression of seal cylinder : subject, bulls and square shrines. (R) Clay cup, reddish ware, wheelmade, normal type, broken and mended. (S) Clay jar sealing, fragment, with design of rows of animals.
14025A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] 2 gold rings: consisting of 2 1/2 spiral coils apparently suspended from the writst. 17 gold triangles in all. [drawing 1:1]
14324	(none)	(none)	(none)	Silver earring. 1 1/2 coils.
15177A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] 2 signet(?) rings. Bronze. Elliptical shaped bezels. [drawing 1:5]
15301C	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group: (A)[A-E] A pair of small lunate gold earrings; (B) Narrow gold ribbon twisted spirally; (C)[C and F-G] 3 gold finger rings, one made of two hoops of thin gold wire, the other two of sheet metal with the edges bent over inwards to look like 2 solid loops; (D) Beads, lapis, carnelian & agate (sliver beads all decayed) forming 2 strings(?)
15310B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group: (A) Narrow gold ribbon spirally twisted: (B) Gold finger ring made from a strip of thin metal with the edges curled over to imitate 2 solid hoops; (C) Beads from necklace: carnelian, lapis, gold, hematite, agate, steatite: for order see field notes.; (D) Small gold and lapis ball head; (E) Small lapis & carnelian beads (only about 5 altogether, mixed in box with (D). See Field Notes.
15316	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper rings. Attached to the coffin at the corners, presumably for the staves which carried it.
15408	31-17-94	(none)	(none)	Shell rings. About 18 in all. Found against the front of the body.
15411A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] 2 silver rings. Open work. Worn on the head. [drawing 1:1]