Amulets and Pendants
This category includes objects that are pierced for hanging.
Many of these objects may be considered amulets, but that functional aspect has been removed in this typology to focus on the shape. Therefore, pendants have been divided into animal/human and geometrical. These objects are usually less than 30mm and pierced for suspension.
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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 7696 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pendant. Gold. Gold ring with gold filigree support dividing it to hold 4 small gold cones made of spiral gold wire. Gold foil clip attached to top of pendant. |
| 7910 | (none) | 1928,1009.138 | (none) | Frog amulet. Lapis lazuli. [drawing 1:1][CARD MISLABELED U.7940B][Arabic notes on back of card] [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] |
| 8033 | (none) | 1928,1009.396 | (none) | Shell bull. Very delicately & boldly carved in white shell. A figure of a bull, facing rt, in exactly the position of the 'Ubaid copper frieze bulls, with the left fore leg bent at the knee and planted on the ground as if the animal were about to rise; the body in profile, the head turned to the front. | |
| 8072 | (none) | (none) | B16806 | Amulet of grey slate in form of a bird. [drawing 1:1] |
| 8073 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet of mother o'pearl Inlaid with 2 spots of lapis of which one has dropped out. [drawing 1:1] |
| 8117 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pendant. Lapis lazuli. Double conoid in section. Broader at one end than at the other. [drawing 1:1] |
| 8269 | (none) | (none) | B16685 | Bull pendant. Gold. Reclining bull. Body in profile - bearded head turned to the left originally there were 4 small gold beads tied to right side of body for attachment to a chain; only two of these now remain. | |
| 8334 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone amulet of red pebble with white markings. Crescent shaped. Flat with rounded edges: pierced for suspension by 2 holes from the tops of the crescent meeting in the middle. [drawing 1:1] |
| 8335 | (none) | (none) | B16764 | Pendant of blue paste (imitation lapis) a flat dish with slight protuberances. Where the 2 holes come. [drawing] 1:1 | |
| 8374 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver pendant. In bad condition. It was suspended on the quadrupal band of silver and lapis beads described on field notes (No. 14). Made of twisted filigree wire wound up into spiral whorls standing in high relief. [drawing] 1:1 (sketch) |
| 8471 | (none) | (none) | B17200 | Amulet Frit Squatting monkey Originally green - now bleached. [drawing] 1:1 | |
| 8565 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold and stone chain. 6 lapis and 4 carnelian beads, the lapis thus [drawing 1:1] and the carnelian thus (flat) [drawing 1:1]. Strung alternately: in the middle of the chain (probably, see field notes) a gold centrepiece [drawing] of cloisonne work inlaid with lapis petals to the rosette and light yellow carnelian between the petals. (2 carnelians missing). The gold pieces had 2 attachment loops of which one is missing. |
| 8567 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold pendant. Thin flat wire forming a rosette in a ring, with attachment for 2 strings of beads. The piece may belong to the flower and leaf pendants (U.8568) or the square double-spacer gold and lapis beads U.8569. [drawing] |
| 8715 | (none) | (none) | B17031 | Pendant. Rock crystal. Translucent. Rectangular in section. One side slightly covex. Blackened by fire. | |
| 9077 | (none) | 1928,1009.72 | (none) | Gold pendant Consisting of a gold ring with four cones of spiral wire within: kept in position by a twisted gold wire across the centre of the ring - binding together all four cones. The four cones made from one continuous wire, [drawing] d 0016 piece of gold foil forming 3 loops to receive beads attached to ring for purpose of suspension. Loop for suspension broken off from the ring |
| 9164 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Acorn? of lapis and carnelian [drawing] |
| 9243 | (none) | 1928,1009.71 | (none) | Gold pendant Gold ring set with 4 coils of conical spiral gold wire - gold foil bead spacer for 2 strings suspends it - suspender broken from ring. Common type. |
| 9356A | (none) | 1928,1009.70 | (none) | [A-B] 2 Gold Pendants And lapis and carnelian beads Gold pendants - common type - plain gold rings set with 4 spiral cones of gold wire and attached to a gold foil spacer for 3 strings. Also, a few lapis beads, double conoids, bugles, barrel beads. 1 - banded sard and 3 - small carnelian. All confused. |
| 9356B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 Gold Pendants And lapis and carnelian beads Gold pendants - common type - plain gold rings set with 4 spiral cones of gold wire and attached to a gold foil spacer for 3 strings. Also, a few lapis beads, double conoids, bugles, barrel beads. 1 - banded sard and 3 - small carnelian. All confused. |
| 9610 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Phallic Amulet Gold foil; hollow within, The piece was originally set in some material: possibly stone, for minute pins project from the edge over the interior to hold the setting in position. Pins apparently made of copper. |
| 96A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Two Pebbles. pierced to be worn as amulets. [drawing 1:1] |
| 96B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Two Pebbles. pierced to be worn as amulets. [drawing 1:1] |
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