Earring
B17712B
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Ur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B17712B |
| 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: Queen Shubad's headdress.pair of large lunate earrings. The two cuneiform signs that compose her name were initially read as "Shub-ad" in Sumerian. Today, however, we think they should be read in Akkadian as "Pu-abi." |
| Height | 10.2 cm |
| Width | 10.5 cm |
| Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1928 |
| Other Number | U.10933 - Field No SF |
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