Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards

Omeka ID:	5463

Transcription:	Pg: the long trench behind Pg 1237 in which was the hoard of archaic tablets Over - whole o - top o - pit, flush at- top o - walls, tr was a covering layer of clean clay & mud brick 020-030 thick (broken only, perhaps, at - NE end where were the 2 graves set in - upper part o - shaft) One round brick got out intact - more around ~~029 [undecipherable]~~ 022 square (one way who certain 022: the other doubtful & first seemed 029 but this was supposedly down to - adhesion of part of another brick & the 022 measure was more probable)

Location	Context Title	Context Description	Description (Modern)
	PG/1237	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.	(none)