String of Beads
Cape (clothing)
83-7-1.30
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Ur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 83-7-1.30 |
| 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. -25 alternating lapis and carnelian beads, starting and ending with lapis. The 13 lapis beads are all balls/ovall. There are 11 carnelian beads are barrel shaped and some are slightly biconical, one of which is a flattened lozenge. |
| Length | 37 cm |
| Width | 1 cm |
| Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1928 |
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