String of Beads
Cape (clothing)
83-7-1.42
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Ur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 83-7-1.42 |
| 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 | Gold | 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. -17 beads, mainly gold and lapis. The strand begins and ends with a small carnelian ring. In between are alternating lapis and gold beads. The 8 lapis beads are both flattened lozenges and a round biconical, and one biconical that has been flattened on some planes. The 7 gold beads are large biconical, flattened squares and flattened diamonds. |
| Length | 37.1 cm |
| Width | 1.3 cm |
| Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1928 |
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