Hairring
98-9-9B
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Ur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 98-9-9B |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Iraq | Ur |
| Period | Early Dynastic III |
| Date Made | 2600-2450 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Gold |
| Description | gold hair ring, curls over itself for three coils Thick gold wire spiraled into three loops. Such spirals are sometimes found near the skulls of buried individuals indicating they may have been worn in the hair, perhaps as a display of wealth. |
| Height | 0.9 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 2.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Museum Expeditions, pre-1935 |
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