PG/1054
| Context Title: | PG/1054 |
| Context Name (Publication): | PG 1054 (Royal Tomb) |
| Description: | Ur Excavations vol. 2: "This grave illustrated more fully than any other the ritual of a royal burial; the soil above it was full of later graves the digging of which had destroyed any superstructure that there might have been and the upper part of the tomb-shaft; the tops of the original walls were only encountered at a depth of 4-00 m. below the modern surface. But below this there had been no disturbance and the tomb and its accessories were intact. The excavation was not easy, partly because the virtual disappearance of the south-east wall and the fact that the north-east wall was for a long while not discovered, being hidden under the earth ramp made for our basket-men, prevented us at first from seeing that we were dealing with one definite shaft, and the different stratification on the two sides of the cross-wall, at least in the upper levels, further concealed the truth. The higher part of the shaft sides were never found and are therefore only dotted in on the section. The correlation of field notes written quite independently was not simple, but fortunately there were enough points of contact, and the section, though slightly schematic, does give the facts fairly accurately." 1 |
| Context Description: | The grave is a complex one, consisting of a deep, walled shaft above a rubble and earth domed tomb. Woolley believed that the burials in the shaft acted as a kind of death pit, thus he believed the bodies in the shaft to be attendants to the primary burial in the domed chamber below. In the main chamber were the bodies of five people, four men and one woman. The woman was clearly an important person, lying in the center of the tomb and having a gold cylinder seal as well as other high value objects, including much carnelian. The walls of the shaft above began from a layer packed over the domed chamber and in theory could be a different grave entirely. However, Woolley believed he had evidence of a continuous process that included the packing and smoothing of layers above the dome and then the construction of the shaft. In the shaft, at differing levels, were four more burials. Some of these also possessed rather high-end objects and one had nearby a cylinder seal with the name of Meskalamdug, the King. In his section of PG1054, Woolley reconstructed a dome over this grave, but later intrusive burials had destroyed the upper walls and, if it had been there, the upper, smaller dome as well. |
| Nissen Date: | Mk |
| [1] UE 2 p. 97 |
| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11743T | 30-12-650 | (none) | (none) | Beads. Long Carnelian bugles strung up with gold fluted balls. Also carnelian double conoids (see Field Notes). | |
| 11744A | 30-12-629 | (none) | (none) | Beads. String of minute beads, gold, lapis & carnelian, with gold spacers giving 3 rows. | |
| 11744B | 30-12-640 | (none) | (none) | Beads. String of minute beads, gold, lapis & carnelian, with gold spacers giving 3 rows. | |
| 11744C | 30-12-642 | (none) | (none) | Beads. A string of minute beads, gold, lapis & carnelian, with gold spacers giving 3 rows. | |
| 11744D | (none) | 1929,1017.260 | (none) | Beads. String of minute beads, gold, lapis & carnelian, with gold spacers giving 3 rows. | |
| 11744E | (none) | 1929,1017.275 | (none) | Beads. String of minute beads, gold, lapis & carnelian, with gold spacers giving 3 rows. | |
| 11751 | (none) | 1929,1017.348 | (none) | Cylinder Seal. White shell, the ends inlaid with lapis disks. Very much decayed. 2 heroes & 4 animals: man on the left strikes at a rampant bull(?) turned away from him & grappling with a lion(?) this lions body crosses that of a second lion who attacks a bull which is seized from behind by a figure half human and half bull. Between the two human figures is a double column inscription, upper register only:-Mes-kalam-dug(or sar) Lugal. | |
 | 11870 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. Dark greenish steatite (broken) with low base-button. |
| 11886 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Spearhead. Type I, B. |
| 11887 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Dagger. Type II, F. |
| 11902 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold Tumbler. Fluted, with pattern at rim and the same(inverted) at base: under the base a rosette thus [Drawing of rosette] [Drawing of pattern at rim] |
| 11903 | (none) | 1929,1017.6 | (none) | Gold Pin. With lapis head capped with gold Type VI, B. | |
| 11904 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Gold. Of thin metal pressed over a core of some other material: at the ends, shell caps, of which one is missing. Above: the royal family feasting. Below: harpist & other musicians. |
| 11905 | 30-12-757 | (none) | (none) | Gold Ribbon. On the head of the central person in the domed building. | |
| 11906 | (none) | 1929,1017.47 | (none) | Frontlet. An ellipse of gold plate engraved with an 8-pointed star of the conventional type: at each end a wire for attachment, one ending in a loop, the other in a wooden button. | |
| 11907 | 30-12-755 | (none) | (none) | Wreath of gold leaves & beads of lapis and [crossed out] carnelian. | |
| 11908 | 30-12-759 | (none) | (none) | Wreath. Gold ring pendants on a string of lapis and [crossed out] carnelian beads. [Drawing of ring and attachment] | |
| 11909.1 | (none) | 1929,1017.20 | (none) | [.1-.2] Gold earrings. A pair. Spiral coils of heavy gold wire. | |
| 11909.2 | (none) | 1929,1017.21 | (none) | [.1-.2] Pair Gold earrings. Spiral coils of heavy gold wire. | |
| 11910 | 30-12-562 | (none) | (none) | Beads. Large double conoids of electrum and carnelian and flat lentoids of carnelian and gold: all from one string on the chest of the central figure in the domed chamber. | |
| 11911 | (none) | 1929,1017.248 | (none) | Beads. Gold balls (hollow) and balls of light yellow carnelian. | |
| 11912A | (none) | 1929,1017.24 | (none) | [A-B] Gold Finger-rings (two) one with broad plain flat border & centre of cable pattern, 5 rows; one with narrow plain border and 8 rows of cable pattern. | |
| 11912B | (none) | 1929,1017.25 | (none) | [A-B] 2 Gold finger rings. 1-with broad plain flat border & centre of cable pattern, 5 rows; 1-with narrow plain border and 8 rows of cable pattern. | |
| 11913 | 30-12-536 | (none) | (none) | Drinking tube. of silver, with short gold mouthpiece (broken) |
| 11914 | 30-12-564 | (none) | (none) | Frontlet gold chain, 2 large lapis facetted lentoids, & 1 gold ditto. (one gold chain was not found) |
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p142 | Ur Notes v13 p142 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p143 | Ur Notes v13 p143 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p144 | Ur Notes v13 p144 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p145 | Ur Notes v13 p145 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p146 | Ur Notes v13 p146 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p147 | Ur Notes v13 p147 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p148 | Ur Notes v13 p148 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p149 | Ur Notes v13 p149 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p150 | Ur Notes v13 p150 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p151 | Ur Notes v13 p151 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p152 | Ur Notes v13 p152 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p153 | Ur Notes v13 p153 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p154 | Ur Notes v13 p154 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p155 | Ur Notes v13 p155 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p156 | Ur Notes v13 p156 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p157 | Ur Notes v13 p157 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p158 | Ur Notes v13 p158 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p159 | Ur Notes v13 p159 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p160 | Ur Notes v13 p160 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p161 | Ur Notes v13 p161 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p162 | Ur Notes v13 p162 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p163 | Ur Notes v13 p163 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p164 | Ur Notes v13 p164 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p165 | Ur Notes v13 p165 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p166 | Ur Notes v13 p166 | (none) |
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References
Woolley et al. (1922-1934) PG1054 Field Notes, Unpublished.