String of Beads
Cape (clothing)
83-7-1.11
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Ur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 83-7-1.11 |
| 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. -37 lapis and carnelian beads.The 28 lapis beads are all small balls/ovals. The 9 carnelian beads are all long--one is a barrel, the rest are biconical of various degrees. The pattern is two lapis beads, followed by the alternating pattern of carnelian and three lapis beads, until it ends in two lapis. |
| Length | 35.2 cm |
| Width | 1 cm |
| Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1928 |
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