Omeka ID: 4765     
Transcription:

Square C 9 B 12 KP

Under - timber construction tr came to light a [?] o sunken brick lined shafts.
In this square [blank space] inside - mudbrick walls (IIIrd dynasty) tr was a burnt brick lining : - top had fallen in + tr was a mass o brick rubble filling - space : below this came - top o - burnt brick walls, - inner face o wch was heavily coated w bitumen.
In - filling was found a faience head, or mask, 0085 high x 006, eyes + eyebrows orig. inlaid (- latter w bitumen) + pierced ear-holes for ear-ring Colour now virtually white. U. 6820 [drawing (artifact: faience mask]

     
Omeka Label: Ur_Notes_v4_p034     
BM Volume: 4     
BM Page Number: 34     
Media Title: Woolley's Field Note Cards     
Page Number: 34     
Volume: v4     
BM Archive Number: 194     
BM Description: KP-Square-C9-B12     
Omeka Tags: drawing, grid, KP, U.6820     
Omeka Type: 27     

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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)
6820 (none) 1927,0527.224 (none) Faience mask. Female head? 3 holes perforated on either side. Chipped below neck. When found there was bitument filling in the eyebrows. E [drawing 1:1]
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