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)
8525	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads A string composed of 5 carnelian and 4 gold long double conoid beads L. 0052 and one flattened ovoid carnelian: and between these small fluted balls of gold and lapis: see field notes.
8526	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Gold and lapis lazuli. Double conoids. Probably 2 strings confused. See field notes.
8527	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads 16 gold spacer triangles formed of 2 minute beads with between them minute ring beads of lapis lazuli and carnelian [drawing] 1:1
8528	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. 15 gold ring spacers thus [drawing] 1:1 with between them small lapis and carnelian beads: for order see field notes.
8561A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Gold chains. Two. Made of crochet links, rather solid and heavy work. The two pieces lay one under the other and may perhaps have been joined originally: (A) was certainly joined up to the beads and whetstone (U.8562, U.8563). See field notes.
8561B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Gold chains. Two. Made of crochet links, rather solid and heavy work. The two pieces lay one under the other and may perhaps have been joined originally: (A) was certainly joined up to the beads and whetstone (U.8562, U.8563). See field notes.
8562B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Three beads. Big facetted lentoids. (A) Lapis. (B) Gold (plated over core). (C) Lapis. Strung in this order to hold the whetstone U. 8563: see field notes. (with these beds are put 2 carnelian rings found by them and perhaps used as terminals).
8564	(none)	(none)	(none)	Gold earring. 1 1/2 coils, spiral, of gold wire thickening to the ends and then pointed. [drawing 1:1]
8565	(none)	(none)	(none)	Gold and stone chain. 6 lapis and 4 carnelian beads, the lapis thus [drawing 1:1] and the carnelian thus (flat) [drawing 1:1]. Strung alternately: in the middle of the chain (probably, see field notes) a gold centrepiece [drawing] of cloisonne work inlaid with lapis petals to the rosette and light yellow carnelian between the petals. (2 carnelians missing). The gold pieces had 2 attachment loops of which one is missing.
8567	(none)	(none)	(none)	Gold pendant. Thin flat wire forming a rosette in a ring, with attachment for 2 strings of beads. The piece may belong to the flower and leaf pendants (U.8568) or the square double-spacer gold and lapis beads U.8569. [drawing]
8568	(none)	(none)	(none)	Gold leaves and flowers from a necklace. 3 leaves thus [drawing] of thin gold with the stalk bent over to make a double spacer for beads, and 4 flower rosettes thus [drawing] with double loops behind for 2 strings which would keep them centred on the necklace: also, one similar flower with no loops behind. (see graves PG 313 and 319)
8569	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Gold and lapis. Small squares with spirals engraved (on the 4 gold specimens) and in relief on the 9 lapis. Probably strung up with small single beads and perhaps with U.8567. (see also PG 313)
8570	(none)	(none)	(none)	Gold earring. [drawing] (see PG 313)
8571	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. 11 gold double conoids of different sizes and a quantity of similar lapis beads; 1 gold rectangular bead. All found loose in the soil, also, some mixed carnelian beads.
8572	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Large. 3 carnelian and 8 lapis and 1 gold.
8576	(none)	(none)	(none)	Gold cap from a pin-head?
8585	(none)	(none)	B16820	Gold beads etc. 14 flat disks and 19 balls, small and 1 large double conoid. With these a few small carnelian and lapis, amongst the former some diamonds laterally pierced.
8603	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads Lapis double conoids etc 1 long gold facetted lentoid 1 carnelian double conoid, large
8612	(none)	(none)	B16775	Gold ribbon. A mass of very thin gold ribbon, wide: originally a single length, now broken into a number of pieces. See field notes.
8614	(none)	(none)	B16829	Beads. 3 Gold squares 33 x 20mm 3 lapis diamonds [drawing] strung together. (v. field notes) and probably joined on to the cylinder seal U.8615.
8616A	(none)	(none)	B16708	[A-B] Gold earrings. A pair. [drawing 1:1]
8618A	(none)	(none)	B16842	[A-C] Gold finger rings. Three, plain circlets of gold wire. 2 of them found inside one of the big earrings U.8616.
8653	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. 10 gold, 10 silver, and 3 carnelian. Found in a group apparently preserving the order in which they were sewn, as bead embroidery, onto a garment: the small silver beads which completed the design were too decayed to be kept. See field notes. see drawing.
8658A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Gold earrings. A pair, lunate ended spiral coils. [drawing 1:1]
8659	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads Small balls of carnelian and gold Strung alternately 10 of each