10479 | 1928,1010.159
| Technique: | Manufacture >> Molded >> Casting 1 |
| Iconography: | Animal/Zoomorphic >> Serpent/Snake 1 |
| Description (Catalog Card): | Plaster Cast Of a hole in the ground above the box in PG 800: the hole was vertical and showed traces of wood: the upper part had been cut away and only the lower part was cast. It seems to have been a wooden wand which was carved to represent a snake coiled around the staff. 2 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | PG 800 |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Plaster3 |
| Measurement (Catalog Card): | actual L 030 |
| U Number: | 10479 |
| Season Number: | 06: 1927-1928 |
| Museum: | British Museum |
| Object Type: | Modern Reproductions |
| Description (Modern): | Plaster cast on wire core; cast of a hole in the ground above the box in PG 800: the hole was vertical and showed traces of wood: the upper part had been cut away and only the lower part was cast. It seems to have been a wooden staff or furniture piece; carved to represent a snake coiled around the staff.1 |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Mortars, Grouts, and Plasters >> Gypsum Mortar and Plaster 1 |
| Museum Number (BM Registration Number): | 1928,1010.1591 |
| Measurement (Length): | 2951 |
| Measurement (Diameter): | 231 |
| [1] Data collected by British Museum research team. |
| [2] Woolley's description |
| [3] Material as described by Woolley |
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
| PG/800 | This is the death pit that Woolley associated with the tomb chamber of Queen Puabi (PG/800B), though the floor of that chamber is about 2.5 meters lower in depth. The death pit held the remains of more than 20 people as well two oxen, a cart and a potential wardrobe chest. Woolley believed the wardrobe chest had been centrally placed in order to hide the looting hole made into the roof of the PG/789 chamber below. | (none) |
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| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:45 Page:183 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:45 Page:183 | (none) |
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Ur >> Royal Cemetery | PG >> Private Graves 701-800 >> PG/800