String of Beads
Cape (clothing)
83-7-1.6
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Ur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 83-7-1.6 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Iraq | Ur |
| Archaeology Area | PG 800 |
| Period | Early Dynastic III |
| Date Made | 2650-2550 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Lapis Lazuli | Carnelian |
| Description | Cloak beads from the upper body of the lady Pu-Abi. collar made of triangular lapis lazuli and gold beads and gold and lapis lazuli biconical beads. Four strands below collar of lapiz lazuli, gold and carnelian tube beads. 86 strings run vertically. -29 beads, alternating lapis balls and carnelian barrels. The barrels aren't all quite barrels.One is flattened, like the gold beads on 83-7-1.5. One is clearly biconical, and three have a slight biconical flair. |
| Length | 35 cm |
| Width | 0.8 cm |
| Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1928 |
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