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.
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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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 9666 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold Ball beads. About 30, all on copper cores. |
| 9679 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal Rock crystal with gold ends: 2 heroes fighting a lion and a bull: between the animals a small winged god: between the men an inscription, effaced: below which a small figure, seated. The central hole is filled with red and white paste in horizontal bands. |
| 9696 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads 4, 3 carnelian and 1 gold apparently used to join up the 2 cylinder seals with which they were found. |
| 9699 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold Finger ring Single coil Ends soldered together |
| 9700 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold and silver earring 3 large lunar rings; the two outer rings in silver, the inner ring in gold. One silver wire suspender missing. |
| 9704B | (none) | (none) | (none) | 2 Strings of beads. (a) Long double conoid lapis beads; 1 carnelian ditto; 1 chrysoprase? [not legible] ditto; 4 tubular agate beads; silver ball beads. (for order of stringing see Field Note) (b) 12 gold tubular beads; 8 gold diamonds; 7 carnelian diamonds; 1 banded crystal tube; 9 lapis tubes; 4 carnelian tubes; decayed silver diamonds and double conoids. (for order see Field Notes) |
| 9705 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold diadem. Made of thin gold leaf. Hole perforated at each end for attachment to forehead. [drawing] |
| 9706 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Twisted gold ribbon Probably worn on forehead above gold diadem U.9705 Coiled to give the appearance of a half chain |
| 9707A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-D] 4 Gold earrings Two with hollow bag shaped ends Two with solid ends One of each kind worn on each ear [drawing] |
| 9707B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-D] 4 Gold earrings Two with hollow bag shaped ends Two with solid ends One of each kind worn on each ear [drawing] |
| 9707C | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-D] 4 Gold earrings Two with hollow bag shaped ends Two with solid ends One of each kind worn on each ear [drawing] |
| 9707D | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-D] 4 Gold earrings Two with hollow bag shaped ends Two with solid ends One of each kind worn on each ear [drawing] |
| 9709 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold finger ring Bent and battered Probably made out of a gold tube hammered along the circumference to give the appearance of the exterior of 2 coils |
| 9719 | (none) | (none) | B17021 | Beads 15 gold double conoids About 25 carnelian barrel beads and a similar number of lapis double conoids. All minute. |
| 9752 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads Balls of gold-plating over copper, rock crystal rings, 1 lapis lentoid with gold caps, originally bound with a spiral or silver wire, 1 carnelian lentoid (see Field Notes) |
| 9753 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads Small lapis & gold For order see Field Notes. |
| 9755 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Earrings Small gold hoops with lunate ends hanging on silver rings, the latter broken and decayed |
| 9763 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold Diadem [drawing] |
| 9766 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Earring Gold and silver A gold coil with lunate ends interlaced with silver ditto Type __ |
| 9767 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Gold balls, agate lentoids, and some silver balls; mostly in original order: see Field Notes. |
| 9778 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Finger Ring Gold Cloisonne work set with lapis; bent and partly broken, and some of the inlay missing [drawing] |
| 9779 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold Bead Double conoid Decorated with applied filligree work and circular cloisons once filled in with lapis (now all missing: a fragment of lapis remained in one cloison when the object was found) [drawing] |
| 9780A | (none) | (none) | B17654 | Gold Chain The usual type with double-twisted links giving a square section | |
| 9781 | (none) | (none) | B16706 | Gold Diadem With impressed star pattern [drawing] At the ends are wires made by cutting the thin metal sheet into a very narrow ribbon which was then tightly twisted into a wire. Both wires are broken and the attachment of one is missing. | |
| 9783 | (none) | (none) | B17677 | Beads 14 gold ring spacers and a quantity of small lapis beads and carnelian rings: for order see Field Notes. With them are mixed the smaller lapis beads mentioned in the Field Notes as probably belonging to the headdress. [drawing 1:1] |
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Copper Alloy - Electrum - Iron - Lead - Silver
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Inorganic Remains > Metal > Gold