12358A | 1929,1017.100

Description (Catalog Card): Canopy (?) Fragments. (A) The mosaic border of the curved bar. (B) The top bar (?) with gold bands, silver plating, mosaic band and shell rings and studs and (C) Staves with copper spearheads mounted with gold foil.2     
Find Context (Catalog Card): PG 1237     
Material (Catalog Card): Lapis lazuli3     
Material (Catalog Card): Mother-of-pearl3     
Material (Catalog Card): Stone3     
U Number: 12358A     
Museum: British Museum      
Object Type: Furniture >> Inlays      
Season Number: 07: 1928-1929      
Object Type: Armor and Weaponry >> Spears and Lances >> Spearheads/Lanceheads 1     
Description (Modern): Canopy     
Description (Modern): A cluster of six copper alloy rods sheathed in silver below and gold at the top of the shafts, all topped by very wide, short, leaf-shaped spear heads; with these are 15 hemispherical ivory Beads.1     
Description (Modern): A cluster of six copper alloy rods sheathed in silver below and gold at the top of the shafts, all topped by very wide, short, leaf-shaped spear heads; with these are 15 hemispherical ivory Beads.1     
Description (Modern): A cluster of six copper alloy rods sheathed in silver below and gold at the top of the shafts, all topped by very wide, short, leaf-shaped spear heads; with these are 15 hemispherical ivory Beads.1     
Description (Modern): A cluster of six copper alloy rods sheathed in silver below and gold at the top of the shafts, all topped by very wide, short, leaf-shaped spear heads; with these are 15 hemispherical ivory Beads.1     
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Mineral >> Semi-precious >> Lapis Lazuli      
Material: Organic Remains >> Shell >> Marine Shell >> Mother of Pearl      
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Metal >> Copper Alloy 1     
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Metal >> Silver 1     
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Metal >> Gold 1     
Material: Organic Remains >> Tooth >> Ivory 1     
Museum Number (BM Big Number): 122293     
Museum Number (BM Registration Number): 1929,1017.100     
[1] Data collected by British Museum research team.
[2] Woolley's description
[3] Material as described by Woolley

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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)
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Woolley's Catalog Cards Woolley's Catalog Cards Card -- BM ID:194 Box:52 Page:230 Card -- BM ID:194 Box:52 Page:230 (none)
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Ur >> Royal Cemetery | PG >> Private Graves 1201-1300 >> PG/1237

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