String of Beads
Cape (clothing)
83-7-1.17
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Ur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 83-7-1.17 |
| 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 | 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. -40 lapis and carnelian beads. The 30 lapis beads are all squat biconical. And the 10 carnelian are all barrel shaped, some of which are slightly biconical. the pattern is simple, it begins with one lapis, then alternating carnelian with three lapis until the end, which has only two lapis beads. |
| Length | 37.5 cm |
| Width | 1 cm |
| Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1928 |
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