String of Beads

Object Number:

B17636

Current Location:

Out on loan

Provenience:

Iraq
Ur

Section:

Near Eastern

Materials:

Gold
Lapis
Carnelian

Description:

CBS Register: no field number. necklace. 2 strings of small lapis. four carnelian pendants (sketched). mounted on gold. one gold (with sketch) Reconstructed by Mrs. C. Dam.

Length:

24.5cm

Width:

3cm

Depth:

0.4cm

Current & Past Exhibitions:

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

Bibliography:

[Catalogue] Zettler, Richard L. and Horne, Lee. 1998. Treasures from the Royal Tombs of Ur. : Page/Fig./Plate: 110

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