String of Beads
30-12-570
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Ur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 30-12-570 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Iraq | Ur |
| Archaeology Area | PG 1284 |
| Locus | PG 1284 |
| Period | Early Dynastic III |
| Date Made | ca. 2450 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Gold | Lapis Lazuli |
| Iconography | Fly |
| Description | String of gold and lapis beads, with 4 lapis and and 4 gold fly amulets. From grave 1284 in the Royal Cemetery at Ur, this necklace features gold and lapis spherical and ovoid beads as well as gold and lapis representations of flies. |
| Length | 22.7 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 1 cm |
| Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1930 |
| Other Number | U.12187B - Field No SF |
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