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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| 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. | |
| 11909.1 | (none) | 1929,1017.20 | (none) | [.1-.2] Gold earrings. A pair. Spiral coils of heavy gold wire. | |
| 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. | |
| 11915 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Axe. [Drawing] Type A10 (New) |
| 11916A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Two Copper disks. Slightly concave, like the pans of a scale. |
| 11917 | (none) | 1929,1017.632 | (none) | 3 Copper Vessels. (A) Shallow dish, circular with narrow trough spout; (B) similar; (C) A strainer, with handle (broken) | |
| 11918A | (none) | 1929,1017.635 | (none) | [A-C] Copper Tumblers. 10 in all. 3 sets, nested, of 3 each, and of 4. | |
| 11919 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Tumblers. 3, one inside the other. |
| 11920A | (none) | 1929,1017.628 | (none) | [A-D] Copper Bowls. 6, one inside the other. one hemispherical (with small button base. One ditto, slightly smaller and 4 oval. Types III and LXIII | |
| 11921 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Jug. of the normal libation type with very long spout. [Drawing] Type XXIX |
| 11922 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Patten [Drawing] [Annotated] Type XXVIII |
| 11923 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Ladle. [Annotated] Type 2 [?] |
| 11924 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Oval, with verticular tubular handles. Type LXIII |
| 11925 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Dish (see Field Notes). [Annotated] Type LVI |
| 11926 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Limestone Bowl. (chipped, and the surface badly decayed). |
| 11927 | (none) | 1929,1017.682 | (none) | Stone White calcite. Spouted pot [Drawing] [Annotated] Type CXXV | |
| 11928A.1 | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A.1-.3] Limestone Offering Dish [B-F] 5 Copper Daggers & [G-H] 2 Whetstones. All type V with central rib-shape of gold dagger-blades. |
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PG1054 Field Notes | PG1054 Field Notes | 1922-1934 | Woolley et al | (none) | |
| UPM Field Photo numbers | UPM Field Photo numbers | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p120 | Ur Notes v13 p120 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p121 | Ur Notes v13 p121 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p122 | Ur Notes v13 p122 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p123 | Ur Notes v13 p123 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p124 | Ur Notes v13 p124 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p125 | Ur Notes v13 p125 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p126 | Ur Notes v13 p126 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p127 | Ur Notes v13 p127 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p128 | Ur Notes v13 p128 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p129 | Ur Notes v13 p129 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p130 | Ur Notes v13 p130 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p131 | Ur Notes v13 p131 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p132 | Ur Notes v13 p132 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p132_v | Ur Notes v13 p132_v | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p133 | Ur Notes v13 p133 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p134 | Ur Notes v13 p134 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p135 | Ur Notes v13 p135 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p136 | Ur Notes v13 p136 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p137 | Ur Notes v13 p137 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p138 | Ur Notes v13 p138 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p139 | Ur Notes v13 p139 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p140 | Ur Notes v13 p140 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur Notes v13 p141 | Ur Notes v13 p141 | (none) |
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References
Woolley et al. (1922-1934) PG1054 Field Notes, Unpublished.