Pendant

Diadem

Object Number:

B16684.28

Current Location:

Iraq's Ancient Past

Provenience:

Iraq
Ur

Section:

Near Eastern

Materials:

Gold
Bitumen
Carnelian

Iconography:

Fruit
Leaves

Description:

Pendant/dangle consisting of three spherical fruits and three poplar-type leaves. Stringer is gold foil double loop. Complete, except for carnelian bead missing at bottom of one of fruits. CBS Register: Gold diadem of Queen Shubad. Animal figures, leaves, fruits, on background of blue beads.

Other Number:

U.10948

Field No SF

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Ancient Mesopotamia: The Royal Tombs of Ur (1983 - 1998)

Iraq's Ancient Past: Rediscovering Ur's Royal Cemetery ( Oct 2009 - Jun 2010)

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