8510 | 1928,1009.152
| Description (Catalog Card): | Gold stiletto and tweezers The tweezers are made with 2 pieces of gold welded together but left separate at the ends, forming thus a spring. They are pointed and flat with extreme width of 00045. The stiletto is quadrangular in section tapering to a point. The rings are made by drawing out the metal itself into a long wire which is bent over and twisted round itself. [drawing, 1:1, showing the two objects joined with a ring]1 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | TTE PG 261 |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Gold2 |
| Measurement (Catalog Card): | extreme width 00045 |
| U Number: | 8510 |
| Museum: | British Museum |
| Object Type: | Personal Grooming >> Toiletry Kits |
| Season Number: | 05: 1926-1927 |
| Description (Modern): | Toilet tools |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Metal >> Gold |
| Museum Number (BM Big Number): | 120662 |
| Museum Number (BM Registration Number): | 1928,1009.1523 |
| [1] Woolley's description |
| [2] Material as described by Woolley |
| [3] Data collected by British Museum research team. |
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | PG/261 | (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) |
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:38 Page:215 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:38 Page:215 | (none) |
- 2 Media
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Ur >> Royal Cemetery | PG >> TTE >> PG/261
References
Woolley, Leonard. (1934) Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery, Oxford: Oxford University Press.