456
| Description (Catalog Card): | Gold Figure and Pin. Figurine H. 0062., of thin gold on a core which has perished: female figure with hands clasped below breasts. Hair in vertical curls over forehead and coming down on shoulders in a heavy mass waved horizontally: features heavy showing Sumerian tradition. Edges of drapery not indicated. Below the waist the body is simply columnar with a raised rim edge where the feet should be. This was apparently mounted on a gold-plated wooden stick, 0.123 long., tapering downwards (c.f. Ephesus ivories). The metal and part of the wood remain.2 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | Found with other gold objects, silver, bronze vessels, and beads, below the persian brick pavement in the E corner of TTB 5. |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Wood3 |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Gold3 |
| Measurement (Catalog Card): | Total L. 0.158 ht .062 stick .123 long |
| U Number: | 456 |
| Museum: | University of Pennsylvania Museum |
| Object Type: | Dress and Personal Ornaments >> Clasps >> Pins |
| Season Number: | 01: 1922-1923 |
| Description (Modern): | Pin Head-Female Figure gold hair pin with statuette of priestess (4 pieces)1 |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Metal >> Gold |
| Material: | Organic Remains >> Wood |
| Museum Number (UPM B-number): | B15241 |
| [1] CBS Register: |
| [2] Woolley's description |
| [3] Material as described by Woolley |
Files
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | TTB.5 | (none) | (none) |
- 1 Location
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Museum Photo Negatives | British Museum Photo Negatives | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| Excavations at Ur of the Chaldees | Excavations at Ur of the Chaldees | 1923 | Woolley, C. L. | (none) |
| Field Photographs | Field Photographs | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| Field Photographs | Field Photographs | GN0042 | GN0042 | (none) | |
| Ur Excavations IX; The Neo-Babylonian and Persian Periods | Ur Excavations IX; The Neo-Babylonian and Persian Periods | 1962 | Woolley, L. and Mallowan, Max | (none) |
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:22 Page:204 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:22 Page:204 | (none) |
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Context
Excavation Context: Ur >> Enunmah | TTB | ES >> TTB >> TTB.5
References
British Museum Photo Negatives, .
Woolley, C. L. (1923) Excavations at Ur of the Chaldees, .