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)
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.
8274A	(none)	1928,1009.90	(none)	[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.
8429	(none)	1928,1009.75	(none)	13 beads 1 double conoid, L 0027, faceted gold bead 2 double conoid, L0023, faceted lapis. 2 double conoid lapis. 4 barrel lapis. 1 ribbed ball lapis. 1 barrel carnelian. 2 banded agate beads - white and red bands.
8432	(none)	1928,1009.87	(none)	7 beads 4 gold double conoids 1 elongated gold double conoid, L006 2 elongated carnelian, L0057
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)
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.
8510	(none)	1928,1009.152	(none)	Gold stiletto and tweezers The tweezers are made with 2 pieces of gold welded together but left separate at the ends, forming thus a spring. They are pointed and flat with extreme width of 00045. The stiletto is quadrangular in section tapering to a point. The rings are made by drawing out the metal itself into a long wire which is bent over and twisted round itself. [drawing, 1:1, showing the two objects joined with a ring]
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.