String of Beads
Cape (clothing)
83-7-1.73
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Ur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 83-7-1.73 |
| 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 | Agate |
| 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. -31 beads with alternating lapis and agate, beginning and ending with lapis. The 16 lapis are all balls/ovals of various sizes, one of which is flat on one side. The 15 agate are all barrel shaped, one of which is slightly biconical. |
| Length | 38 cm |
| Width | 0.7 cm |
| Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1928 |
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