Pendant

Diadem

B16684.30

Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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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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