Pendant

Diadem

B16684.28

Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B16684.28
Current Location Middle East Galleries - On Display
Provenience Iraq | Ur
Archaeology Area PG 800
Period Early Dynastic III
Date Made ca. 2450 BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Gold | Bitumen | Carnelian
Iconography Fruit | Leaves
Description

Pendant/dangle consisting of three spherical fruits and three poplar-type leaves. Stringer is gold foil double loop. Complete, except for carnelian bead missing at bottom of one of fruits.

CBS Register: Gold diadem of Queen Shubad. Animal figures, leaves, fruits, on background of blue beads.

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."

Length 2.6 cm
Width 3.4 cm
Depth 3 cm
Credit Line British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1928
Other Number U.10948 - Field No SF

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