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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 8931B | (none) | (none) | B16799 | [B] Beads. 5 pendants of bleached carnelian set in gold [drawing] 2 pendants of fluted spear shaped lapis beads set in gold 1 pendant, carnelian set in gold 1 pendant, gold mulberry leaf (broken) 1 gold bugle bead 4 v. small gold ball beads. |
| 8952A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Ear-rings. A pair. [A]The outer part of silver, usual type and [B] inside this a smaller but similar coil of gold. (one has come apart) [drawing] |
| 8959 | (none) | 1928,1009.176 | (none) | Gold diadem. A plain ribbon of thin gold leaf with holes at the ends for strings. Found on the skull. |
| 8960A | (none) | 1928,1009.157 | (none) | Gold earring. A pair. Normal type. [drawing] |
| 8962 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Small gold, silver, lapis and carnelian. For order see Field Notes. |
| 8966 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold spoon. Long-stemmed miniature spoon, probably medical, perhaps an ear-pick. The top of the stem is drawn out into a wire and brought over to make a loop, the end twisted round the stem in a fine spiral: it hung from a silver ring. The loop is broken off. The bowl has been broken and mended. |
| 8969A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Gold ear-rings. A pair. [drawing 1:1] Small, normal type, 1 1/2 coils with crescent ends. |
| 8974 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Gold-plated copper and lapis, small. (the former in bad condition) |
| 9001 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Ear-ring Gold [drawing] |
| 9018 | (none) | (none) | (none) | String of beads 19 in all Small lapis, gold and carnelian barrel beads, a few ring beads and 2 large copper beads. |
| 9022 | (none) | 1928,1009.78 | (none) | Necklace Gold plated beads on a copper core, (double conoids), lapis lazuli double conoids and 1 long lapis lentoid |
| 9037 | (none) | (none) | B16839 | Gold ring For finger 2 coils of gold wire - fairly flexible | |
| 9038 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold earring. Thin gold wire with 2 spoon shaped ends. [drawing] |
| 9039 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold Ear Ring 1 1/2 coils of thin but solid gold wire - thickened ends [drawing] |
| 9040A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 Gold earrings U-shaped, hollow inside, convex outside like a pouch with a detached gold handle for suspension. One broken. The ring suspender of the other missing. [drawing ]1:1 |
| 9040B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 Gold earrings U-shaped, hollow inside, convex outside like a pouch with a detached gold handle for suspension. One broken. The ring suspender of the other missing. [drawing ]1:1 |
| 9044 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin. Rounded in section. Head narrower than the stem of the pin. The head is covered by a cap of gold foil. Pin broken in two pieces. Only half of gold cap remains. Tip missing [drawing] |
| 9062 | (none) | 1928,1009.167 | (none) | Finger ring Copper core. Gold plated Single coil. [drawing] 1:1 |
| 9077 | (none) | 1928,1009.72 | (none) | Gold pendant Consisting of a gold ring with four cones of spiral wire within: kept in position by a twisted gold wire across the centre of the ring - binding together all four cones. The four cones made from one continuous wire, [drawing] d 0016 piece of gold foil forming 3 loops to receive beads attached to ring for purpose of suspension. Loop for suspension broken off from the ring |
| 9078 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Miniature dove Gold Worked: with greenish blue stone tail let in |
| 9088 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace Minute gold ball beads &minute carnelian barrel beads Original order: 3 gold beads to 1 carnelian. |
| 9122 | (none) | 1928,1009.180 | (none) | Gold Spearhead. (Broken in half) |
| 9130 | (none) | 1928,1009.178 | (none) | Gold chisel. Type 3. |
| 9131 | (none) | (none) | B16687 | Gold chisel Broken in half [drawing] | |
| 9142 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Diamond-shaped flat plate beads alternately lapis and gold plate over copper - the latter in bad condition. One string. |
Related Terms
Copper Alloy - Electrum - Iron - Lead - Silver
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