Pendant
Diadem
B16684.30
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Ur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
Object Number | B16684.30 |
Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
Provenience | Iraq | Ur |
Archaeology Area | PG 800 |
Date Made | ca. 2450 BCE |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Gold | Bitumen | Silver |
Iconography | Fruit | Leaves |
Description | Pendant/dangle consisting of three spherical fruits and three poplar-type leaves. Double stringer is gold foil-over-silver. Incomplete: missing two fruits, third detached. Stringer segment also detached from leaf trefoil. 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 | 3.7 cm |
Width | 2.7 cm |
Depth | 2.7 cm |
Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1928 |
Other Number | U.10948 - Field No SF |
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