Hairring
B16992A
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Ur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
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Object Number
B16992A
Current Location
Middle East Galleries - On Display
Provenience
Iraq | Ur
Archaeology Area
PG 800
Period
Early Dynastic III
Date Made
2600-2450 BCE
Section
Near Eastern
Materials
Gold
Description
CBS Register: pair of gold coil rings
one of Puabi's gold hair rings; curls over itself for three coils
Height
0.9 cm
Outside Diameter
2.8 cm
Credit Line
British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1928
Other Number
U.10890 - Field No SF
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Bibliography
Dorling Kindersley Limited. History of the World in 1,000 Objects . London: Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2014. Page/Fig./Plate: 25
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Quick, Jennifer. Magnificent Objects from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
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Aruz, Joan. Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus . New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2003. Page/Fig./Plate: 110-111
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Zettler, Richard L., and Lee C. Horne. Treasures from the Royal Tombs of Ur . University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 1998. See: Pages 89-92/Figure 29
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Roaf, Michael. Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East . Facts On File, 1990. Page/Fig./Plate: 238 Page/Fig./Plate: 93
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Legrain, Leon. "The Boudoir of Queen Shubad ." The Museum Journal 20, no. 3-4. (1929): 210-245. See: p. 210; p. 214, pl. II; p. 218, pl. IV
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