Context Title: PG/1237     
Context Name (Publication): PG 1237 (Royal Tomb)     
Context Description: Woolley called this the 'Great Death Pit' because it is the largest of all the death pits in the royal cemetery. He found 74 bodies within but did not find a built chamber, an aspect he believed essential to royal tombs. Woolley declared the chamber must have been completely looted away and pointed to small amounts of rubble as evidence of this, but in fact the large size of this death pit and the particular wealth displayed by Body 61 may indicate that the primary burial was among the attendants in this case.     
Nissen Date: Mk     

Objects: PG/1237 Export: JSON - XML - CSV

Object U Number Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) Museum Number (BM Registration Number) Museum Number (UPM B-number) Description (Catalog Card)
(none) 30-12-551B (none) (none) (none)
12281A (none) (none) (none) Group: (A) [A and D] Two gold earrings; 2 1/2 coils (B) [B, E-F] Three gold finger rings made of fine strands of twisted wire (C) Silver pin - straight type - Lapis ball head & gold cap. Broken.
12281B (none) (none) (none) Group: (A) [A and D] Two gold earrings; 2 1/2 coils (B) [B, E-F] Three gold finger rings made of fine strands of twisted wire (C) Silver pin - straight type - Lapis ball head & gold cap. Broken.
12281C (none) (none) (none) Group: (A) [A and D] Two gold earrings; 2 1/2 coils (B) [B, E-F] Three gold finger rings made of fine strands of twisted wire (C) Silver pin - straight type - Lapis ball head & gold cap. Broken.
12281D (none) (none) (none) Group: (A) [A and D] Two gold earrings; 2 1/2 coils (B) [B, E-F] Three gold finger rings made of fine strands of twisted wire (C) Silver pin - straight type - Lapis ball head & gold cap. Broken.
12281E (none) (none) (none) Group: (A) [A and D] Two gold earrings; 2 1/2 coils (B) [B, E-F] Three gold finger rings made of fine strands of twisted wire (C) Silver pin - straight type - Lapis ball head & gold cap. Broken.
12281F (none) (none) (none) Group: (A) [A and D] Two gold earrings; 2 1/2 coils (B) [B, E-F] Three gold finger rings made of fine strands of twisted wire (C) Silver pin - straight type - Lapis ball head & gold cap. Broken.
12353A (none) (none) (none) Harp with [A] inlaid sounding box, mosaic imprints, silver top bar, decorated with a [B] bull's head, beaded, in gold, below which are [C] shell plaques.
12353B (none) (none) (none) Harp with [A] inlaid sounding box, mosaic imprints, silver top bar, decorated with a [B] bull's head, beaded, in gold, below which are [C] shell plaques.
12353C (none) (none) (none) Harp with [A] inlaid sounding box, mosaic imprints, silver top bar, decorated with a [B] bull's head, beaded, in gold, below which are [C] shell plaques.
12354 (none) 1929,1017.2 (none) Harp of silver throughout the sounding-box decorated with a band of blue and white strip inlay and with a cow's head in silver. For measurement drawing see field notes. [Photos 1210-1214 and 1218 show object in situ, 1341 shows restoration]
12355 30-12-253 (none) (none) Harp of silver throughout. The body is boat shaped and the front upright is supported by a silver statue of a stag 700mm high, its forefeet resting in the crook of a long-stemmed arrow-leafed plant which rises up on each side of the head (this in copper). [All photos depict object in situ except 1339 which shows restoration]
12357A (none) 1929,1017.1 (none) [A, B] Statues of rams. A pair. With gold heads and legs; lapis horns, eyes and manes; shell fleeces; silver bellies; the plants and flowers gold; mounted on silver stands with pink and white mosaic diaper. The ram stands on his hind legs, the front legs doubled up and shackled to the stems of tall plants whose arrowhead shaped leaves & rosette flowers rise on each side of the head. Gold sockets rising from the shoulder shows that they were supports for something : of this the only possible trace was a white substance, perhaps leather, which lay under the second animal found. The first animal [A] is rather badly broken & the legs & part of the rump are separate but the thickness of the body is preserved : the second [B] is squashed quite flat but keeps its silhouette & only 3 of the flowers are detached.
12357B 30-12-702 (none) (none) [A, B] Statues of rams. A pair. With gold heads and legs; lapis horns, eyes and manes; shell fleeces; silver bellies; the plants and flowers gold; mounted on silver stands with pink and white mosaic diaper. The ram stands on his hind legs, the front legs doubled up and shackled to the stems of tall plants whose arrowhead shaped leaves & rosette flowers rise on each side of the head. Gold sockets rising from the shoulder shows that they were supports for something : of this the only possible trace was a white substance, perhaps leather, which lay under the second animal found. The first animal [A] is rather badly broken & the legs & part of the rump are separate but the thickness of the body is preserved : the second [B] is squashed quite flat but keeps its silhouette & only 3 of the flowers are detached.
12358A (none) 1929,1017.100 (none) Canopy (?) Fragments. (A) The mosaic border of the curved bar. (B) The top bar (?) with gold bands, silver plating, mosaic band and shell rings and studs and (C) Staves with copper spearheads mounted with gold foil.
12358B (none) 1929,1017.101 (none) Canopy (?) Fragments. (A) The mosaic border of the curved bar. (B) The top bar (?) with gold bands, silver plating, mosaic band and shell rings and studs and (C) Staves with copper spearheads mounted with gold foil.
12358C (none) 1929,1017.102 (none) Canopy (?) Fragments. (A) The mosaic border of the curved bar. (B) The top bar (?) with gold bands, silver plating, mosaic band and shell rings and studs and (C) Staves with copper spearheads mounted with gold foil.
12359A.1 (none) (none) (none) Group. [A.1-.2] Pair of gold lunate earrings. [B] Silver wire spiral coil hair ring. [C] Lapis double round beads. (Some of the beads from this burial are mixed up with No. 2 (U.12360)
12359A.2 (none) (none) (none) Group. [A.1-.2] Pair of gold lunate earrings. [B] Silver wire spiral coil hair ring. [C] Lapis double round beads. (Some of the beads from this burial are mixed up with No. 2 (U.12360)
12359B (none) (none) (none) Group. [A.1-.2] Pair of gold lunate earrings. [B] Silver wire spiral coil hair ring. [C] Lapis double round beads. (Some of the beads from this burial are mixed up with No. 2 (U.12360)
12359C (none) (none) (none) Group. [A.1-.2] Pair of gold lunate earrings. [B] Silver wire spiral coil hair ring. [C] Lapis double round beads. (Some of the beads from this burial are mixed up with No. 2 (U.12360)
12360A.1 (none) 1929,1017.226 (none) Group. Comprising: [A.1-.2] Pair of large gold lunate earrings. [B.1-.2] Pair of silver wire spiral coil hair rings. [C.1-.2] Lapis and some carnelian beads. [D-G] Shell rings. [H Silver pin. Listed on BM record]
12360A.2 (none) 1929,1017.227 (none) Group. Comprising: [A.1-.2] Pair of large gold lunate earrings. [B.1-.2] Pair of silver wire spiral coil hair rings. [C.1-.2] Lapis and some carnelian beads. [D-G] Shell rings. [H Silver pin. Listed on BM record]
12360B.1 (none) 1929,1017.230 (none) Group. Comprising: [A.1-.2] Pair of large gold lunate earrings. [B.1-.2] Pair of silver wire spiral coil hair rings. [C.1-.2] Lapis and some carnelian beads. [D-G] Shell rings. [H Silver pin. Listed on BM record]
12360B.2 (none) 1929,1017.231 (none) Group. Comprising: [A.1-.2] Pair of large gold lunate earrings. [B.1-.2] Pair of silver wire spiral coil hair rings. [C.1-.2] Lapis and some carnelian beads. [D-G] Shell rings. [H Silver pin. Listed on BM record]
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Media: PG/1237 Export: JSON - XML - CSV Field Photographs

Media Media Title Title Label Author Omeka Label
Field Photographs Field Photographs GN1207 GN1207 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v14 p161 Ur Notes v14 p161 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v14 p162 Ur Notes v14 p162 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v14 p163 Ur Notes v14 p163 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v14 p164 Ur Notes v14 p164 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v14 p165 Ur Notes v14 p165 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v14 p166 Ur Notes v14 p166 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v14 p167 Ur Notes v14 p167 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v14 p168 Ur Notes v14 p168 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v14 p169 Ur Notes v14 p169 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v14 p170 Ur Notes v14 p170 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v14 p171 Ur Notes v14 p171 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v14 p172 Ur Notes v14 p172 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v14 p173 Ur Notes v14 p173 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v14 p174 Ur Notes v14 p174 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v14 p175 Ur Notes v14 p175 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v14 p176 Ur Notes v14 p176 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v14 p177 Ur Notes v14 p177 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v14 p178 Ur Notes v14 p178 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v14 p179 Ur Notes v14 p179 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v14 p180 Ur Notes v14 p180 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v14 p181 Ur Notes v14 p181 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v14 p182 Ur Notes v14 p182 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v14 p183 Ur Notes v14 p183 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Ur Notes v14 p184 Ur Notes v14 p184 (none)
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