Necklace, Early Dynastic IIIa, ca. 2600–2500 , Mesopotamia, Ur (modern Tell al-Muqayyar), Sumerian, Gold, lapis lazuli, L. 2

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Necklace, Early Dynastic IIIa, ca. 2600–2500 , Mesopotamia, Ur (modern Tell al-Muqayyar), Sumerian, Gold, lapis lazuli, L. cm, Metalwork-Ornaments, This choker adorned one of the sixty-eight women or young girls laid out in the so-called Great Death Pit at Ur, which was probably part of a royal tomb. The bodies were all ornamented with the most splendid jewelry made of gold, lapis lazuli, and carnelian

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