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)
8172	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. 7 carnelian, 6 lapis, and gold (4). The gold are seed-pods thus [drawing 1:1]. The carnelian similar but with no central rib, the lapis flat and rectangular and 2 bugles (this last may not belong to this string) : for order of threading see field notes. Found affixed to U.8171. The gold beads have a wooden tube down the middle, 2 leaves of gold being soldered (or cemented) together on either side of this: the string went through the wood.
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).
8178	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Three, two of lapis, one of gold. Faceted lentoids of exaggerated size. Found together. [drawing] 1:1
8209A	(none)	(none)	B16832A	[A-B] Ear-rings. Gold. Each made of 2 1/2 spiral turns of gold wire: found one on each side of the skull against the ear.
8212	(none)	(none)	B16790	Flower head ornament in silver, lapis and gold. The whole flower is silver, a flat truncated plate of thin metal on a fairly solid stem: on the end of each of the five petals is a ball of lapis capped with gold. Two lapis beads are corroded on to the end of the stem and may belong there (see U.8210). There was certainly a second similar flower on the other side of the head (this one rose from the right ear) but it was all broken up.
8224.1	(none)	(none)	B16809	[.1-.2] Beads. Lapis and carnelian, mixed small types, ball, lentoid and bugle, and a few ribbed ball beads of gold.
8226A	(none)	(none)	B16730	[A] Silver pin with plain ball head of lapis capped with gold. The shaft is pierced just below the head: [B] the 7 beads found just by it may have been fixed to the pin by this hole. The beads are catalogued with the pin. See field notes. [Type] V
8229	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Gold double conoids; lapis and carnelian (lapis double conoids, carnelian mostly rings and 1 big faceted lapis lentoid).
8264	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. 40 blue glazed ring beads. 1 lentoid carnelian. 1 double conoid gold bead. 1 rock crystal ring bead.
8267	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. 49 in all - double conoid lapis and carnelian, 1 small silver ball bead, and a number of minute carnelian ring beads. Also 2 gold double conoids.
8269	(none)	(none)	B16685	Bull pendant. Gold. Reclining bull. Body in profile - bearded head turned to the left originally there were 4 small gold beads tied to right side of body for attachment to a chain; only two of these now remain.
8270	(none)	(none)	(none)	Leaf pendant. Gold. Very slightly concave. Slight rib down middle. Thin handle at top folded over and rolled so as to form three loops for attachment to a chain. [drawing] 1:1
8271	(none)	(none)	(none)	Gold beads. 27 in number. Double conoids, bugle beads, minute ring beads and a minute gold spacer rectangular in section perforated 4 times and broken at one end.
8272	(none)	(none)	(none)	Gold ring.
8274B	(none)	(none)	B16825	[A-B] Necklace. About 250 beads, mostly small. 1 large faceted lapis lazuli. 18 double conoid lapis. 14 lentoid lapis. 18 bugle and double conoid carnelian. 4 or 5 minute gold beads. The rest small carnelian ring beads and lapis ring and ball beads, a few ribbed barrel lapis beads. Fragment of lapis inlay with incised concentric areas [drawing]. Arbitrarily made up into two strings .
8361A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Gold earrings. A pair. Normal type of 1 1/2 coils with broadened end. [drawing] 1:1
8369A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Gold earrings. A pair. Each made of 2 1/2 spiral coils of gold wire thinned to a point at the ends. [drawing 1:1]
8409	(none)	(none)	(none)	11 beads. Lapis double conoids, bugle carnelian and gold beads.
8438	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace 47 beads Including 5 carnelians worked with a white pattern Found in following order: 13 lapis lazuli double conoids 2 lapis ribbed ball beads 1 carnelian worked bead 2 lapis ribbed ball beads 2 gold ribbed ball beads 2 lapis ribbed ball beads 1 carnelian worked bead 2 lapis ribbed ball 2 gold ribbed ball beads ETC [drawing 1:1, section and plan of carnelian] 5 carnelian beads with white line patterns worked upon them. Double conoid in section. Slightly convex faces.
8441	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. 29 beads. Consisting of: 1 gold ring spacer (gold ring attached to a piece of gold foil bent so as to form six loops) 2 gold ball beads 1 gold barrel bead 1 gold bugle bead 5 barrel carnelians 1 double conoid carnelian 4 carnelian ring beads 6 lapis lazuli double conoids 8 small lapis beads [drawing] gold spacer (slightly enlarged)
8446A	(none)	(none)	B16803	178 beads Lapis double conoids, barrel beads and bugle beads Carnelian barrel beads 4 minute gold beads Originally these formed [A-C] 3 necklaces apparently worn round the neck one above the other. The bottom necklace consisted of the larger lapis beads, the necklace above of smaller lapis. The top string of lapis, carnelian and gold. Gold and carnelian were always next to one another, and between each gold and carnelian apparently 2 lapis.
8495	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace Consisting of 8 gold foil ribbed triangles each perforated six times being spacers for a six stringed necklace 133 lapis lazuli double conoids 6 lapis spacers triangular and ribbed, to hold 3 strings, perforated 3 times. The beads were confused and it was difficult to be certain of the original order but the triangular gold spacers were arranged thus: [drawing] Top tier base downwards. Bottom tier base upwards. All the lapis beads were confused, but the big were grouped together and the small were grouped together.
8496A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] 2 gold earrings Two and half coils of thick gold wires
8496B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] 2 gold earrings Two and half coils of thick gold wires.
8497	(none)	(none)	(none)	String of beads Worn over a silver diadem round the forehead. String consists of minute lapis ball beads and of oblong rectangular gold and lapis spacers. Gold and lapis spacers strung alternately with lapis and carnelian beads placed alternately between each spacer. Carnelian beads all minute ring beads. The silver diadem was entirely broken and destroyed. 6 gold spacers; 6 lapis lazuli spacers.