12383C | 1929,1017.175
| Conservation: | Curator's comments The register and record card describe this as part of a crushed human skull and remains of a head-dress, but radiography conducted by Janet Ambers (Scientific Research) in 2002 showed there to be no human remains associated with the jewellery. |
| Description (Catalog Card): | Group: [A] Gold hair ribbon. [B] Wreath of gold beech leaves on lapis and carnelian beads. [C] Silver comb with inlaid petals. [D] Necklace of gold and lapis triangles. [E] Necklace of gold and lapis double conoids. [F] Necklace of gold and lapis double conoids. [G] Silver pin [Type] VI A.1 |
| Description (Archival): | Description Wax package containing remains of head-dress with a silver hair-comb decorated with inlaid rosettes. Inlay identified as lapis lazuli, gold leaf, shell and pink limestone. |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | PG 1237. No. 25. New 33. |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Silver3 |
| U Number: | 12383C |
| Object Type: | Dress and Personal Ornaments >> Headdress >> Hair Ornaments >> Hair Combs |
| Museum: | British Museum |
| Season Number: | 07: 1928-1929 |
| Description (Modern): | Fragment Comb2 |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Metal >> Silver |
| Museum Number (BM Big Number): | 122363 |
| Museum Number (BM Registration Number): | 1929,1017.175 |
| [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 33 | Body 25 | (none) | (none) |
- 1 Location
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Royal Cemetary Notes 1130-1237_p258 | Royal Cemetary Notes 1130-1237_p258 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:53 Page:8 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:53 Page:8 | (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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