Title: Trends, Traditions, and Transformations: Fashions in Dress in Early Dynastic Mesopotamia     
Date: 2008     
Author: Baadsgaard, Aubrey     

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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)
9604B (none) 1928,1010.290 (none) 4 Silver Finger Rings [A-D] 2 1/2 coils.
9605 (none) 1928,1010.288 (none) Copper Finger Ring Single coil
9604A (none) 1928,1010.287 (none) 4 Silver Finger Rings [A-D] 2 1/2 coils.
9818 (none) 1928,1010.271 (none) Silver Bangle Broken and part missing [drawing]
9811A (none) 1928,1010.266 (none) [A-F] Gold Ribbons. (6) All consist of long undulating coils, and are perforated at each end for attachment. 5 of these were found running at right angles to the diadem 9810 cf. Field Notes - the sixth was found beneath it and parallel to it; this one however may have slipped from above. One of the ribbons has a special interest as on its under side it shows the imprint of very fine network. Probably therefore the head was veiled. The 2 central ribbons are the longest; the side ribbons are shorter.
10822B (none) 1928,1010.237 (none) Tomb Group. A. Silver pin with fluted lapis ball head and fluted gold cap. Type V. B. Lapis lazuli cylinder seal, 2 registers: Upper: scorpion, kneeling hero fighting rampant lions, (a panther?), a striped zebu, and behind them a standing skirted male figure. Lower: gate of a shrine and within it seated figures drinking through straws, 3 seated figures, and 2 standing attendants. C. Limestone Bowl. Type XII D. Necklace of silver and lapis double conoids with 3 large facetted beads, 2 carnelian, 1 gold. For order see Field Note.
9895A (none) 1928,1010.225 (none) Two Gold Diadems Thin gold leaf worn on forehead Perforated ends
10866B.2 (none) 1928,1010.192 (none) [B.1-.2] Gold earrings a pair Unusually large, with lunate ends. [drawing] 1:1
10830A (none) 1928,1010.191 (none) Tomb Group. A. Silver and lapis lentoid beads. B. Silver razor (?) Type XVI. [drawing] C. Copper razor, same type, stem broken: corroded to remains of a second which is all decayed Type XVI. D. [.1-.2] Silver earrings, wire spiral coils, two. E. A number of shell rings. F. Cockle shells containing paint.
9782 (none) 1928,1010.181 (none) Beads Two large lapis lentoids One gold lentoid 1 lapis bugle
10347 (none) 1928,1010.175 (none) Necklace Lapis & gold double conoids For order of stringing cf. Field Note.
10401 (none) 1928,1010.174 (none) Beads Double conoids of gold & lapis See Field Notes
9995 (none) 1928,1010.166 (none) Wreath. Gold leaves strung up with small lapis bugles and carnelian rings.
10343 (none) 1928,1010.166 (none) 5 or 6 Gold Ribbons Worn round head Normal type
11206 (none) 1928,1010.15 (none) Gold Diadem. Normal type, elliptical in shape, with perforated ends. [drawing 1:1]
10806B (none) 1928,1010.128 (none) Tomb Group. A. Beads. small lapis lentoids and some silver. B. Silver pin with lapis ball head Type V
10824B (none) 1928,1010.127 (none) Tomb Group A. A large number of gold and lapis double conoids; order not ascertained owing to extreme confusion in soil. B. Silver pin with lapis ball head. Type V. C. [C and G] Two copper pins with lapis ball heads. Second broken and decayed. Type V. D. Gold finger ring, plain gold wire on top and bottom, seven spiral gold wires between. E. [E and H] Two silver earrings; 2 1/2 coils each. F. Cockle shells containing brown, blue, and green paint. [I-K Ceramic Vessels not recorded on card, but recorded in UE II L Silver Armlet not recorded on card or in volume, but BM has recorded this object as belonging to this group.]
11168 (none) 1928,1010.125 (none) Silver Pin. WIth plain lapis ball head. Type V.
10586G (none) 1928,1010.124 (none) Head Ornaments. A. Gold ribbon B. Wreath of gold leaves with beads of lapis & carnelian. C. Silver pin with 3 arms and rosette finials having fold. D. [.1-.2] Pair of large gold lunate earrings. E. Silver pin with lapis head. F. 1 silver wire spiral coil earring. G. Second silver pin with lapis head, H. Gold and lapis double conoid beads.
7644 (none) 1928,1009.98 (none) Necklace. 12 double conoid carnelian beads. 5 double conoid silver beads. 1 dark green lentoid, basic diorite? All charred by fire.
8761 (none) 1928,1009.91 (none) Necklace. 12 burnt lentoids, Lapis beads. 6 burnt double conoid lapis. 7 ribbed lapis ball beads. 7 double conoid carnelians. 1 carnelian shaped thus: [drawing]. The rest small carnelian and lapis ring ball and barrel beads - 25. Grand total 58. The lapis lentoids and carnelian double conoids were strung alternately in the middle of the necklace - at the back of the neck all the small lapis beads were strung together.
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 .
8004 (none) 1928,1009.84 (none) Large ball bead of lapis with gold caps. Sphere with ribbed sides.
8620 (none) 1928,1009.83 (none) Beads. Carnelian double conoids, and a few silver ditto, large. The silver much decayed.
8613A (none) 1928,1009.76 (none) Gold chains etc. [A-B] Two sections of gold chain with crochet links . When found (A) passed through a curled gold earring (C) [drawing] With these, [D] two lapis facetted lentoid beads, 4 carnelian rings, and remains of a large silver-plated bead with horizontal ribbing - the latter wholly decayed.

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