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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  19 
  2 
  9 
  

  

  breast 
  was 
  a 
  carnelian-headed 
  gold 
  pin 
  of 
  the 
  bent 
  type 
  not 
  hitherto 
  

   found 
  in 
  precious 
  metal, 
  and 
  a 
  gold 
  cylinder 
  seal 
  having 
  two 
  registers 
  

   of 
  design 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  shown 
  a 
  banquet 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  other 
  musicians 
  

   playing 
  on 
  harps 
  and 
  other 
  instruments; 
  by 
  the 
  hands 
  was 
  a 
  fluted 
  

   gold 
  tumbler 
  much 
  like 
  that 
  found 
  in 
  Queen 
  Shub-ad's 
  grave 
  but 
  not 
  

   quite 
  equal 
  to 
  it 
  in 
  quality. 
  The 
  bodies 
  rested 
  on 
  a 
  floor 
  of 
  mud 
  

   bricks 
  and 
  smooth 
  clay; 
  this 
  was 
  curved 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  present 
  the 
  appear- 
  

   ance 
  of 
  a 
  vault 
  and 
  gave 
  out 
  a 
  hollow 
  sound 
  when 
  hit 
  ; 
  it 
  was 
  therefore 
  

   lifted, 
  and 
  below 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  a 
  stratum 
  of 
  broken 
  pottery 
  and 
  a 
  

   very 
  large 
  vertical 
  drain, 
  which, 
  however, 
  only 
  went 
  down 
  some 
  50 
  cen- 
  

   timeters 
  into 
  the 
  soil; 
  below 
  it 
  there 
  seemed 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  original 
  debris 
  

   in 
  which 
  the 
  early 
  graves 
  are 
  dug. 
  The 
  excavation 
  of 
  the 
  tomb 
  is 
  

   not 
  finished, 
  as 
  the 
  court 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  door 
  of 
  the 
  domed 
  chamber 
  

   has 
  yet 
  to 
  be 
  cleared: 
  Further 
  work 
  should 
  throw 
  more 
  light 
  upon 
  

   what 
  are 
  the 
  most 
  completely 
  preserved 
  though 
  not 
  the 
  richest 
  of 
  

   the 
  royal 
  graves, 
  but 
  already 
  we 
  have 
  evidence 
  of 
  a 
  much 
  more 
  

   complicated 
  ritual 
  than 
  could 
  be 
  deduced 
  from 
  last 
  year's 
  results. 
  

  

  PRIVATE 
  GRAVES 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  private 
  graves 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  was 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  young 
  child 
  

   perhaps 
  3 
  or 
  4 
  years 
  old. 
  Besides 
  a 
  set 
  of 
  stone 
  vases 
  the 
  little 
  shaft 
  

   contained 
  a 
  group 
  of 
  miniature 
  vessels 
  in 
  silver 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  body 
  were 
  

   miniature 
  gold 
  pins, 
  while 
  on 
  the 
  head 
  was 
  a 
  miniature 
  wreath 
  of 
  

   gold 
  beech 
  leaves, 
  another 
  of 
  gold 
  rings, 
  and 
  one 
  with 
  pendants 
  of 
  

   gold, 
  lapis, 
  and 
  carnelian. 
  Another 
  child's 
  grave 
  contained 
  a 
  fine 
  

   head 
  ornament, 
  a 
  chain 
  of 
  triple 
  beads 
  in 
  gold, 
  lapis, 
  and 
  carnelian, 
  

   with 
  a 
  large 
  gold 
  roundel 
  of 
  cloisonne 
  work 
  and 
  two 
  others 
  of 
  wire 
  

   filigree. 
  A 
  woman's 
  grave 
  produced, 
  together 
  with 
  many 
  other 
  

   objects, 
  the 
  remains 
  of 
  a 
  harp 
  similar 
  in 
  type 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  Queen 
  Shub-ad 
  

   though 
  simpler 
  in 
  character, 
  in 
  that 
  it 
  had 
  no 
  animal 
  's 
  head 
  and 
  was 
  

   decorated 
  with 
  silver 
  instead 
  of 
  gold; 
  a 
  very 
  important 
  feature 
  was 
  

   that 
  the 
  woxTian 
  wore 
  on 
  her 
  head, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  normal 
  beech 
  leaf 
  

   and 
  ring 
  wreaths, 
  a 
  diadem 
  decorated 
  as 
  was 
  the 
  second 
  diadem 
  of 
  

   Queen 
  Shub-ad, 
  with 
  pomegranates 
  and 
  figures 
  of 
  animals 
  in 
  gold 
  

   over 
  a 
  bitumen 
  core; 
  the 
  workmanship 
  is 
  much 
  inferior, 
  but 
  the 
  paral- 
  

   lel 
  is 
  very 
  striking. 
  

  

  A 
  ver37- 
  interesting 
  discovery 
  was 
  that 
  of 
  another 
  harp. 
  Two 
  holes 
  

   in 
  the 
  soil 
  were 
  noticed 
  by 
  a 
  workman 
  and 
  after 
  examination 
  were 
  

   filled 
  by 
  me 
  with 
  plaster; 
  the 
  earth 
  was 
  then 
  cut 
  away 
  and 
  more 
  

   plaster 
  work 
  was 
  done 
  where 
  the 
  decay 
  of 
  woodwork 
  had 
  left 
  hollows. 
  

   The 
  result 
  was 
  a 
  complete 
  cast 
  of 
  a 
  wooden 
  harp 
  decorated 
  with 
  a 
  

   copper 
  head 
  of 
  a 
  bull. 
  Further 
  clearing 
  exposed 
  the 
  remains 
  of 
  the 
  

   actual 
  gut 
  strings, 
  mere 
  hairlines 
  of 
  fibrous 
  white 
  dust 
  but, 
  even 
  in 
  

   the 
  photograph, 
  perfectly 
  clear 
  as 
  the 
  10 
  strings 
  of 
  the 
  instrument. 
  

   It 
  was 
  the 
  more 
  interesting 
  as 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  harp 
  not 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  that 
  

  

  