String of Beads
Cape (clothing)
83-7-1.56
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Ur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 83-7-1.56 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Iraq | Ur |
| Period | Early Dynastic III |
| Date Made | 2650-2550 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Lapis Lazuli | Gold |
| 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. -91 beads, all round to oval in shape. only 5 beads are gold. 2 lapis, followed by one gold, followed by 2 lapis, followed by one gold, followed by 24 lapis, followed by one gold, followed by 13 lapis, followed by one gold, followed by 17 lapis, followed by one gold, ending with 28 lapis. |
| Length | 36.9 cm |
| Width | 0.5 cm |
| Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1928 |
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