String of Beads
Cape (clothing)
83-7-1.10
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Ur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 83-7-1.10 |
| 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 | Gold | Lapis Lazuli |
| 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. -23 lapis and gold beads alternating. Begins and ends with lapis. The 12 lapis are all biconical [closer to squat than to barrel]. The 11 gold beads are all flattened lozenge shaped. |
| Length | 37 cm |
| Width | 1 cm |
| Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1928 |
| Other Number | B17047 - Old Museum Number | B17055 - Old Museum Number |
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