PG/1050

Context Title: PG/1050     
Context Name (Publication): PG 1050 (Royal Tomb)     
Context Description: An intricate and problematic grave, the entire complex identified as PG/1050 may in fact belong to several episodes of burial rather than a single grave. At the top was a four-chamber mudbrick construction that contained layers of skeletons and pottery. Beneath these layers, and indeed the mudbrick construction itself, sat a layer of packed earth 70cm thick. Woolley found a pit cut below the packed earth and believed this to be the main grave, believing the construction above to be related to ceremony following the fill of the main grave. The side of the pit stepped in several places, however, and may indicate more than one burial episode even in this portion of PG/1050. At one level sat the remains of a reed coffin, at a deeper level, a wooden one. The wooden coffin rested on a thick prepared surface and beneath part of this lay around 40 bodies, which Woolley took to be the death pit of the royal tomb. He believed there must have been a chamber above and that it had been looted, but could find no evidence of the looter's access and could not fully explain the lack of a chamber.     
Nissen Date: Mk     

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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)
12068A (none) 1929,1017.290 (none) Group: (A) Beads: Large lapis double conoids and a few silver. (B) Cylinder seal, shell, decayed. Rampant animals - crossed. hopeless (C) Silver earring, fragmentary.
12068B (none) (none) (none) Group: (A) Beads: Large lapis double conoids and a few silver. (B) Cylinder seal, shell, decayed. Rampant animals - crossed. hopeless (C) Silver earring, fragmentary.
12068C (none) (none) (none) Group: (A) Beads: Large lapis double conoids and a few silver. (B) Cylinder seal, shell, decayed. Rampant animals - crossed. hopeless (C) Silver earring, fragmentary.
12069A (none) 1929,1017.291 (none) Group: (A) Beads. lapis lazuli double conoids; silver double conoids. (B) Cockle shell (broken) containing green paint. (C) Copper pin: hopeless condition.
12069B (none) 1929,1017.292 (none) Group: (A) Beads. lapis lazuli double conoids; silver double conoids. (B) Cockle shell (broken) containing green paint. (C) Copper pin: hopeless condition.
12069C (none) 1929,1017.293 (none) Group: (A) Beads. lapis lazuli double conoids; silver double conoids. (B) Cockle shell (broken) containing green paint. (C) Copper pin: hopeless condition.
12070A (none) 1929,1017.294 (none) Group: (A) Beads. lapis lazuli ovoids and silver. (B) Copper pin with rounded copper head, badly smashed.
12070B (none) (none) (none) Group: (A) Beads. lapis lazuli ovoids and silver. (B) Copper pin with rounded copper head, badly smashed.
12071A (none) (none) (none) Group: (A) Beads: lapis double conoids; large and small, & 1 large lozenge-shaped (steatite)? bead. (B) Cockle shell, broken containing paint.
12071B (none) (none) (none) Group: (A) Beads: lapis double conoids; large and small, & 1 large lozenge-shaped (steatite)? bead. (B) Cockle shell, broken containing paint.
12072A.1 (none) (none) (none) Group: (A) [A.1-.2] Two silver earrings 2 1/2 coils. (B) Cockle shells containing paint: badly broken.
12072A.2 (none) (none) (none) Group: (A) [A.1-.2] Two silver earrings 2 1/2 coils. (B) Cockle shells containing paint: badly broken.
12072B (none) (none) (none) Group: (A) [A.1-.2] Two silver earrings 2 1/2 coils. (B) Cockle shells containing paint: badly broken.
12073A (none) 1929,1017.295 (none) Group: (A) Beads: lapis lazuli double conoids small. (B) earring, silver 2 1/2 coils.
12073B (none) (none) (none) Group: (A) Beads: lapis lazuli double conoids small. (B) earring, silver 2 1/2 coils.
12074A (none) (none) (none) Group: (A) Beads: lapis lazuli double conoids (B) Copper pin, rounded head; badly broken.
12074B (none) (none) (none) Group: (A) Beads: lapis lazuli double conoids (B) Copper pin, rounded head; badly broken.
12075A (none) 1929,1017.297 (none) Group: [A] (A) Beads: lapis lazuli, lentoids. [B.1-.2] (B) 2 earrings 2 1/2 coils.
12075B.1 (none) (none) (none) Group: [A] (A) Beads: lapis lazuli, lentoids. [B.1-.2] (B) 2 earrings 2 1/2 coils.
12075B.2 (none) (none) (none) Group: [A] (A) Beads: lapis lazuli, lentoids. [B.1-.2] (B) 2 earrings 2 1/2 coils.
12076A (none) 1929,1017.298 (none) Group: (A) Beads; lapis lazuli & silver rectangular, large. (B) Silver earring, 2 1/2 coils.
12076B (none) (none) (none) Group: (A) Beads; lapis lazuli & silver rectangular, large. (B) Silver earring, 2 1/2 coils.
12077A 30-12-510 (none) (none) Group: (A) Silver Pin lapis ball head. (B) Beads: long lapis lentoids & silver, small lapis; and small lapis double conoids. (for stringing see Field Note) (C) Shell head of pin. Truncated cone shape, incised decoration. [drawing of head]
12077C (none) (none) (none) Group: (A) Silver Pin lapis ball head. (B) Beads: long lapis lentoids & silver, small lapis; and small lapis double conoids. (for stringing see Field Note) (C) Shell head of pin. Truncated cone shape, incised decoration. [drawing of head]
12078A (none) (none) (none) Group: (A) Beads: lapis lazuli & silver double conoids. (B) Cockle shell; broken; containing paint.

Media: PG/1050 Export: JSON - XML - CSV

Media Media Title Title Label Author Omeka Label
UPM Field Photo numbers UPM Field Photo numbers (none) (none) (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v13 p99 Ur Notes v13 p99 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v13 p100 Ur Notes v13 p100 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v13 p101 Ur Notes v13 p101 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v13 p102 Ur Notes v13 p102 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v13 p103 Ur Notes v13 p103 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v13 p104 Ur Notes v13 p104 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v13 p105 Ur Notes v13 p105 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v13 p106 Ur Notes v13 p106 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v13 p106_v Ur Notes v13 p106_v (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v13 p107 Ur Notes v13 p107 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v13 p108 Ur Notes v13 p108 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v13 p109 Ur Notes v13 p109 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v13 p110 Ur Notes v13 p110 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v13 p111 Ur Notes v13 p111 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v13 p112 Ur Notes v13 p112 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v13 p113 Ur Notes v13 p113 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v13 p114 Ur Notes v13 p114 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v13 p115 Ur Notes v13 p115 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v13 p116 Ur Notes v13 p116 (none)
Zur Datierung des Konigsfriedhofes von Ur. Zur Datierung des Konigsfriedhofes von Ur. 1966 Nissen, Hans (none)
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Nissen, Hans. (1966) Zur Datierung des Konigsfriedhofes von Ur. , Bonn, Germany: Rudolph Habelt Verlag. .