Necklace beads, Early Dynastic IIIa, ca. 2600–2500 , Mesopotamia, Ur (modern Tell al-Muqayyar), Sumerian, Gold, lapis lazuli

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Necklace beads, Early Dynastic IIIa, ca. 2600–2500 , Mesopotamia, Ur (modern Tell al-Muqayyar), Sumerian, Gold, lapis lazuli, L. 54 cm, Metalwork-Ornaments, These four strands of beads come from the so-called Great Death Pit, one of the royal graves at Ur. The sixty-eight female bodies discovered in the pit were all adorned with the most splendid jewelry made of gold, lapis lazuli, and carnelian

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