String of Beads
Cape (clothing)
83-7-1.13
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Ur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 83-7-1.13 |
| 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 | Silver |
| 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. -74 beads in lapis, gold and silver. 12 are silver and spread throughout. There is no real pattern. 41 lapis, 21 gold. The string ends with a blue square lapis bead, bookended by two intensionally flat gold discs. |
| Length | 36.6 cm |
| Width | 0.5 cm |
| Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1928 |
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