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)
7130	(none)	(none)	B16390	Necklace. 15 gold filigree and carnelian beads. Arbitrarily re-strung. E.
7506	(none)	1928,1009.164	(none)	Earring. Gold foil. Semi-circular pin on crescent-shaped bag. [Drawing 1:1]
7526	(none)	(none)	(none)	Earring. Gold. Crescent shaped. Semi-circular pin, detached at top. [This number was possibly duplicated in the field][drawing 1:1]
7562	(none)	(none)	(none)	Earring. Gold. Lunar pendant attached to which is a plate flat behind and convex in front with gold filigrane decoration in the shape of a nine-petalled rosette. Also gold filigrane decoration around rim. [drawing 1:1 and enlarged detail drawing of filigree]
7693	(none)	(none)	(none)	String of beads. Gold, carnelian and lapis.
7694A	(none)	(none)	B17703	[A-B] 2 gold foil diadems. Perforated at each end. [drawing 1:1]
7695A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-C] 3 hair? rings or ear rings. Gold. Thickened boat shaped ends. [drawing]
7696	(none)	(none)	(none)	Pendant. Gold. Gold ring with gold filigree support dividing it to hold 4 small gold cones made of spiral gold wire. Gold foil clip attached to top of pendant.
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.
7952A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Pair of earrings. Gold and silver. A spiral ring of gold with thickened lobe ends supports a similar gold ring; from this hangs a similar ring of silver (the silver ring is in each case broken). [drawing]
7952B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Pair of earrings. Gold and silver. A spiral ring of gold with thickened lobe ends supports a similar gold ring; from this hangs a similar ring of silver (the silver ring is in each case broken). [drawing]
7954	(none)	1928,1009.35	(none)	Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli, with one gold cap. Damaged, chipped in lower register. Two registers; above, 4 figures approaching a seated deity; below, 3 figures (one broken away) approaching the seated deity behind whom is a crescent moon on a staff.
7958	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads of carnelian etc. From a bracelet. 2 carnelian, 4 jasper (blood stone), lentoid bugles, 4 silver ball beads, 1 gold plated copper ball bead (decayed).
7959	(none)	1928,1009.64	(none)	Beads of gold and carnelian. Long bugles: 8 gold, 4 carnelian. With them were strung other beads; v. tomb notes.
7962	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads of lapis, carnelian and gold, and one agate. Double conoids of different sizes, and 2 large gold-plated ball beads. 34 gold beads in all. There was evidence that these formed a separate string, stone and metal beads strung alternately.
7963	(none)	1928,1009.103	(none)	Beads. Mostly small ball beads of gold (thin leaf over copper), lapis, and a few carnelian (some rings). Apparently forming a single necklace, or two of the same pattern; one gold bead to every 1 or 2 stone according to size. Most of the gold beads were destroyed through the decay and swelling of the copper cores. One string containing the best gold beads made up for exhibition.
7977A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Pair of bracelets. [A] One of copper, [B] one of silver. Each made of 3 coils of plain wire: on each is hung a smaller ring made of 3 coils of gold wire. The silver armlet is broken.
7977B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Pair of bracelets. [A] One of copper, [B] one of silver. Each made of 3 coils of plain wire: on each is hung a smaller ring made of 3 coils of gold wire. The silver armlet is broken.
8002	(none)	1928,1009.68	(none)	Gold and lapis chain. A very fine chain of gold wire links. Six lengths of chain connecting 5 double conoid lapis beads. The chain is square in section.
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.
8004	(none)	1928,1009.84	(none)	Large ball bead of lapis with gold caps. Sphere with ribbed sides.
8005	(none)	(none)	(none)	Gold ornament. A pear-shaped bead(?) pierced longitudinally, on which is perched a small bird apparently pecking at the fruit. In spite of the minute size the bird is well done and the eye and all the feathers are marked.
8017	(none)	(none)	(none)	Two gold beads. Elongated double conoids made of thin gold leaf over a core which has split and decayed, leaving the gold in fragments. These beads went with U.8011.
8018A	(none)	1928,1009.81, 1928,1009.89	(none)	Beads. Carnelian, agate, lapis and gold. [A] One string was of carnelian and gold. [B] One string of lapis and gold. [C] Agate beads were found touching each other end to end, so should form a string.
8048	(none)	(none)	B16840	Ring. of three coils of gold wire.