12385D | 1929,1017.146
| Description (Catalog Card): | Group: [A] Gold hair ribbon. [B] Wreath of gold beech leaves on lapis and carnelian beads. [C] Gold lunate earring. [D] Necklace of gold and lapis triangles. [E] Necklace of gold and lapis ribbed balls. [F] Silver hair ring. [G] Silver pin with fluted lapis head [Type] VI B [H] Silver pin with lapis head [Type] VI B. [I] Silver comb with inlaid flowers. [J] Bracelet of tubular lapis and gold beads and carnelian rings.1 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | PG 1237. No. 27. New 46. |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Lapis lazuli3 |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Gold3 |
| U Number: | 12385D |
| Museum: | British Museum |
| Object Type: | Dress and Personal Ornaments >> Neckwear >> Chokers |
| Season Number: | 07: 1928-1929 |
| Description (Modern): | Description Necklace of triangular beads of eight gold and nine lapis lazuli. Dimensions Length: 6 inches Width: 1 inches UE II: No. 46 Gold hair-ribbon, gold leaf pendant wreath, silver comb with inlaid flowers, silver hair- ring, 'dog-collar' of gold and lapis, necklace of gold and lapis ribbed ball beads, gold ear-rings, two silver pins of Type 7 b with lapis heads, bead cuff. U. I2385. (L. BM. 122330-8.) |
| Description (Modern): | Choker2 |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Metal >> Gold |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Mineral >> Semi-precious >> Lapis Lazuli |
| Museum Number (BM Big Number): | 122334 |
| Museum Number (BM Registration Number): | 1929,1017.146 |
| Measurement (Weight): | 22.602 |
| Measurement (X): | 144.002 |
| [1] Woolley's description |
| [2] Aubrey Baadsgaard, Trends, Traditions, and Transformations: Fashions in Dress in Early Dynastic Mesopotamia (PhD diss., University of Pennsylvania, 2008). |
| [3] Material as described by Woolley |
Files
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Body 46 | Body 27 | (none) | (none) |
- 1 Location
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery | Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery | 1934 | Woolley, Leonard | (none) |
| Trends, Traditions, and Transformations: Fashions in Dress in Early Dynastic Mesopotamia | Trends, Traditions, and Transformations: Fashions in Dress in Early Dynastic Mesopotamia | 2008 | Baadsgaard, Aubrey | (none) |
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:53 Page:10 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:53 Page:10 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Royal Cemetary Notes 1130-1237_p168 | Royal Cemetary Notes 1130-1237_p168 | (none) |
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Context
Ur >> Royal Cemetery | PG >> Private Graves 1201-1300 >> PG/1237 >> Body 46 | Body 27
References
Woolley, Leonard. (1934) Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery, Oxford: Oxford University Press.