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): Silver3     
U Number: 12385I     
Object Type: Dress and Personal Ornaments >> Headdress >> Hair Ornaments >> Hair Combs      
Museum: British Museum      
Season Number: 07: 1928-1929      
Description (Modern): Complete Comb2     
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Metal >> Silver      
Museum Number (BM Big Number): 122330     
Museum Number (BM Registration Number): 1929,1017.142     
Measurement (Weight): 226.982     
Measurement (X): 162.002     
Measurement (Y): 268.002     
[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

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Media Media Title Title Label Author Omeka Label
Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery 1934 Woolley, Leonard (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Royal Cemetary Notes 1130-1237_p168 Royal Cemetary Notes 1130-1237_p168 (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)
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)
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