Gold

Gold is a metal that is solid in standard conditions, and appears as nuggets or grains, in rocks, veins, and alluvial deposits. It has very high malleability, which means it can be hammered and cast very thin without breaking. It is also resistant to corrosion and its bright yellow color and high luster led to it being in high demand. It can be used as material for stand alone objects like vessels or jewelry, and because of its malleability can also be used to cover objects with a thin sheet of gold.

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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)
17799A	(none)	1935,0113.452	(none)	Beads. 2 lentoid agate. 2 flat lentoid catseye. 1 lentoid carnelian. 2 ball carnelian. 4 gold balls. 4 copper balls covered with gold.
17660	(none)	1935,0113.451	(none)	Group. From a single grave (A) [A, E-F] 3 gold earrings, small hollow lunate type. (B) Beads: very small gold balls: carnelian rings and balls and 1 bugle, marble and steatite elongated lentoids, agate square and conoid pendant (?) (or spindle whorl) apparently of wood : original order mostly preserved. (C) Cylinder seal: shell. Two rampant animals: very poor and worn. (D) A pair of thick copper bangles [D and G]
15412	(none)	1935,0113.450	(none)	Copper pin. Straight type. Lapis lazuli ball head with gold cap. Type but slender through out.
10848	(none)	1935,0113.443	(none)	Beads 5 large carnelian lentoids and 1 small gold ball (from the neck)
10847	(none)	1935,0113.442	(none)	Gold Ribbon (broken) From the forehead: a narrow strip of gold with rounded ends pierced for threads
10846A	(none)	1935,0113.441	(none)	[A-B] Gold ear-rings a pair Small, hollow, with lunate ends [drawing] 1:1
10846B	(none)	1935,0113.441	(none)	[A-B] Gold ear-rings a pair Small, hollow, with lunate ends [drawing] 1:1
10586A	(none)	1935,0113.437	(none)	Head Ornaments. A. Gold ribbon B. Wreath of gold leaves with beads of lapis & carnelian. C. Silver pin with 3 arms and rosette finials having fold. D. [.1-.2] Pair of large gold lunate earrings. E. Silver pin with lapis head. F. 1 silver wire spiral coil earring. G. Second silver pin with lapis head, H. Gold and lapis double conoid beads.
9987	(none)	1935,0113.433	(none)	Wreath of gold leaves strung with lapis bugles and carnelian rings (part of the wreath only: the rest of it mixed with PG 806 q.v.)
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]
19575.3	(none)	1935,0112.79	(none)	[.1-.7] Beads. Carnelian and chalcedony [drawing], carnelian tubes and balls, lapis and marble balls, shell date-shaped : a very large collection : 1 gold
18887	(none)	1935,0112.78	(none)	Beads: Gold, two nasturtium seeds and five four-flanged beads: 6 carnelian date-shaped, 4 lapis ditto., and 1 lapis cylinder.
18271	(none)	1933,1013.158	(none)	Beads. Carnelian. Date shaped, some of them roughly facetted. With them, fragments of a lunate gold earring, very thin metal, broken.
17813A	(none)	1932,1008.9	(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]
17816G	(none)	1932,1008.23	(none)	Group. From one burial. (A) Two gold frontlets, oval type with pierced top [A and G]. (B) A pair of gold earrings, small hollow lunate type [B and H]. (C) A single gold earring, same type. (D) Gold hair ribbon. (E) Gold finger ring. (F) Beads: gold and carnelian diamonds. A few gold balls and carnelian rings or lentoids, large hollow gold balls with long carnelian bugles (2) and one barrel, 1 steatite, 1 quartz and 1 agate lentoid. One small ball.
17803B	(none)	1932,1008.22	(none)	Group. From One burial. (A) One gold earring, small hollow lunate type. (B) Beads, two strings, one of very small carnelian balls alternating with very small fluted gold balls and gold double conoids. A second string of lapis lazuli and mother of pearl or shell flat lozenge-shaped beads pierced through the middle of the flat sides.
17902A	(none)	1932,1008.16	(none)	[A-B] Earrings. Gold. Type RC.2. [drawing 1:1]
17783	(none)	1932,1008.141	(none)	Beads. 1 gold facetted lentoid. 13 lentoid carnelian. 3 balls carnelian. 1 turquoise pendant. 1 flat barrel steatite. 1 ring steatite. 1 flat lentoid paste.
17801E	(none)	1932,1008.123	(none)	Group: From one grave. (A) [A and D] 2 gold earrings, small hollow lunette type. (B) [B and E based on museum divisions] Beads: lentoids, bugles, flattened lentoids of barrels of crystal, agate, marble, lapis, carnelian, and a cat's eye: also, probably from a separate string, small balls of carnelian and of copper plated with gold foil - the latter mostly perished. (C) [C and F] 2 plain copper bangles, one broken.
17787B	(none)	1932,1008.119	(none)	Beads. 2 double conoid carnelian. 1 lentoid carnelian. 5 double conoid silver. 3 barrel agate. 31 flat lentoid agate. 1 flat lentoid steatite. Necklace of 17 agates, rectangular with vesical section. Necklace of 23 lentoid agates and 14 gold balls.
17803C	(none)	1932,1008.115	(none)	Group. From One burial. (A) One gold earring, small hollow lunate type. (B) Beads, two strings, one of very small carnelian balls alternating with very small fluted gold balls and gold double conoids. A second string of lapis lazuli and mother of pearl or shell flat lozenge-shaped beads pierced through the middle of the flat sides.
17787A	(none)	1932,1008.107	(none)	Beads. 2 double conoid carnelian. 1 lentoid carnelian. 5 double conoid silver. 3 barrel agate. 31 flat lentoid agate. 1 flat lentoid steatite. Necklace of 17 agates, rectangular with vesical section. Necklace of 23 lentoid agates and 14 gold balls.
17813K	(none)	1932,1008.10	(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]
16216	(none)	1931,1010.264	(none)	Mountings, gold-plated. Probably from a small stone box(?) 12 in all. The gold is a thin strip mounted on silver rods, from which project at the back short pegs for attachment - the gold is apparently soldered onto the silver, but the edges are turned down over it for better attachment. With these were nails of plain gold or of copper with gold heads; and some minute gold beads for fastening the edges of gold casing: 2 plain gold; 10 gold-headed, 4 beads; & a few fragments of gold leaf. BurSin NW man.p.3.