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| Description (Catalog Card): | Necklace. Consisting of agate lunar pendant, 13 gold beads (some decayed), 12 carnelian and 18 lapis beads (including one barrel 0.047 long) = from this beads through the center 13 are restrung in the original order. and 7 gold beads unstrung.1 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | Found round neck of body in larnax grave TTA 2 |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Lapis lazuli2 |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Agate2 |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Carnelian2 |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Gold2 |
| Measurement (Catalog Card): | Total Length 0.35 |
| U Number: | 51 |
| Object Type: | Dress and Personal Ornaments >> Miscellaneous Pieces >> Beads |
| Season Number: | 01: 1922-1923 |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Mineral >> Semi-precious >> Chalcedony >> Agate |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Mineral >> Semi-precious >> Chalcedony >> Carnelian |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Metal >> Gold |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Mineral >> Semi-precious >> Lapis Lazuli |
| Notes: | 37of 44 beads in photo 50 must be without the 7gold beads unstrung 3 |
| [1] Woolley's description |
| [2] Material as described by Woolley |
| [3] Data collected by British Museum research team |
Files
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | TTA.2 | (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) |
| Field Photographs | Field Photographs | GN0050 | GN0050 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:21 Page:52 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:21 Page:52 | (none) | |
| Field Photographs | Field Photographs | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| British Museum Photo Negatives | British Museum Photo Negatives | (none) | (none) | (none) |
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Context
Excavation Context: Ur >> Royal Cemetery | PG >> TTA >> TTA.2
References
Woolley, Leonard. (1934) Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
British Museum Photo Negatives, .