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

Omeka ID:	5467

Transcription:	Pg 1237 B. at 070 below - 'dibs' press, 070 from - NE side o - shaft & 131 - from SE side (to - skull) was a human body [sketch(plan:grave) listed items drawn and numbered as found with body] 1) broken drab pot too fragmentary to type 2) plain clay saucer 3)copper fluted tumbler 4) 2 gold wire spiral coil ear-rings 5) 3 gold finger rings on - left hand 6) silver pin [Type] V B with lapis & gold head -Also by head a very slender copper needle, broken. -Also, 050 below this, one of - circular 'baking tins' of greenish clay inverted in - [coal?]: diam 021 ht 006

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)