9787
| Conservation: | 2007. University Museum Near East Section Ur Metals Conservation Treatment Project. IMLS Grant. |
| Description (Catalog Card): | Gilt Ornaments. Short copper rods, 006 long, originally encased with very thin gold. Some of these had attached to one end of them 2 small gold leaves: others had a gold flower rosette and the gold leaf had come off. Probably part of the head ornament 9785. Others had a rim round the stem near but not at the end: and there were found fragments of hollow gold leaf-like balls which may have gone above these so as rather to resemble a pomegranate. The copper stems were pierced with very small holes 0005 apart so must have served as spacers for beads, or else been sewn onto something. One of the gold flowers was fixed to a double silver bead, and to one also silver rosettes were similarly attached. [additional drawing on back of card] [drawing] 1 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | PG 777 |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Copper Alloy2 |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Gold2 |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Silver2 |
| U Number: | 9787 |
| Museum: | University of Pennsylvania Museum |
| Object Type: | Dress and Personal Ornaments >> Miscellaneous Pieces |
| Season Number: | 06: 1927-1928 |
| Culture/Period: | Early Dynastic / Sumerian >> EDIIIA |
| Description (Modern): | Gold ornaments, 2 Copper beads with gold foil covering them, 2 Hollow gold semi-spheres 2 silver beads with gold foil covering them Gold foil Silver flower with gold foil 2 Silver rods Copper ball with gold foil 4 gold rosettes 5 gold leaves 5 copper rods with three attachments each for leaves 15 pieces of copper rods. |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Metal >> Copper Alloy |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Metal >> Gold |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Metal >> Silver |
| Museum Number (UPM B-number): | B17588 |
| Measurement (Diameter): | 6 Silver Bead |
| Measurement (Diameter): | 4 copper bead |
| Measurement (Diameter): | 4 Silver rod |
| Measurement (Diameter): | 6 Copper Ball |
| Measurement (Diameter): | 6 Silver Bead |
| Measurement (Diameter): | 4 copper bead |
| Measurement (Diameter): | 4 Silver rod |
| Measurement (Diameter): | 6 Copper Ball |
| Measurement (Diameter): | 6 Copper with Gold |
| Measurement (Diameter): | 6 Copper rod |
| Measurement (X): | 15 Silver bead |
| Measurement (X): | 15 Gold Hollow |
| Measurement (X): | 6 Coper bead |
| Measurement (X): | 18 Silver rod |
| Measurement (X): | 14 Silver Flower |
| Measurement (X): | 5 Copper ball |
| Measurement (X): | 15 Silver bead |
| Measurement (X): | 15 Gold Hollow |
| Measurement (X): | 6 Coper bead |
| Measurement (X): | 18 Silver rod |
| Measurement (X): | 14 Silver Flower |
| Measurement (X): | 5 Copper ball |
| Measurement (X): | 13 Gold Rosettes |
| Measurement (X): | 23 Gold Leaves |
| Measurement (X): | 27 Copper with gold |
| Measurement (X): | 30 Copper rod |
| Measurement (Y): | 10 Gold Hollow |
| Measurement (Y): | 14 Silver Flower |
| Measurement (Y): | 10 Gold Hollow |
| Measurement (Y): | 14 Silver Flower |
| Measurement (Y): | 13 Gold Rosettes |
| Measurement (Y): | 14 Gold Leaves |
| Measurement (Z): | 1 Gold Hollow |
| Measurement (Z): | 6 Silver Flower |
| Measurement (Z): | 1 Gold Hollow |
| Measurement (Z): | 6 Silver Flower |
| Measurement (Z): | 2 Gold Rosettes |
| Measurement (Z): | 1 Gold Leaves |
| Notes: | Many pieces involved in U9787, Woolley only describes each briefly. Penn Museum number contains at least one of these pieces. Multiple measurements indicate many pieces, however full research has not been conducted. |
| [1] Woolley's description |
| [2] Material as described by Woolley |
Files
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | PG/777 | A built chamber tomb with a collapsed dome, it had been robbed in antiquity but some artifacts remained along the walls. The collapsed roof of this tomb was first seen in Trial Trench E but the grave was fully excavated after the trial trenches had been opened into a larger area. This led to the discovery of a small trenched area next to the chamber that contained three skeletons, and an approach or dromos that contained another. These Woolley took to be the guards of the tomb in a small 'death pit'. There were two chambers inside the tomb, and the outer held the remains of four more people, possibly servants, while the inner may have held the royal personage. | (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 Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Royal Cemetary Notes 686-777_p206 | Royal Cemetary Notes 686-777_p206 | (none) | |
| Jansen et al. 2016. Platinum Group Placer Minerals. | Platinum group placer minerals in ancient gold artifacts-Geochemistry and osmium isotopes of inclusions in Early Bronze Age gold from Ur/Mesopotamia. | 2016 | Jansen, Moritz, Sonja Aulbach, Andreas Hauptmann, Heidi E. Hofer, Sabine Klein, Michael Kruger, and Richard L. Zettler. | (none) |
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:43 Page:57 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:43 Page:57 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:43 Page:56 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:43 Page:56 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:43 Page:056_V | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:43 Page:056_V | (none) |
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Context
Ur >> Royal Cemetery | PG >> Private Graves 701-800 >> PG/777
References
Woolley, Leonard. (1934) Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery, Oxford: Oxford University Press.