Pendant
Diadem
B16684.21
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Ur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B16684.21 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Iraq | Ur |
| Archaeology Area | PG 800 |
| Period | Early Dynastic III |
| Date Made | ca. 2450 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Gold | Silver | Carnelian | Bitumen |
| Iconography | Date Palm |
| Description | Pendant/dangle shaped like a plant stem with a number of oval fruits projecting from the sides and two carnelian disk beads on end. Double stringer and stem appear to be gold foil over silver. Stem in two fragments, plus four detached gold foil fruits. A carnelian fruit-shaped bead at the end of one stem segment. CBS Register: Gold diadem of Queen Shubad. Animal figures, leaves, fruits, on background of blue beads. The two cuneiform signs that compose her name were initially read as "Shub-ad" in Sumerian. Today, however, we think they should be read in Akkadian as "Pu-abi." |
| Length | 5.1 cm |
| Width | 3.1 cm |
| Depth | 0.7 cm |
| Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1928 |
| Other Number | U.10948 - Field No SF |
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