Earring, Early Dynastic IIIa, ca. 2600–2500 B.C., Mesopotamia, Ur (modern Tell al-Muqayyar), Sumerian, Gold, 2 3/4 in. (7 cm), Metalwork-Ornaments, These earrings come from the so-called Great Death Pit, which was probably part of a royal tomb with an almost totally destroyed stone chamber. Laid out in the pit were the bodies of six armed men and sixty-eight people thought to be women or young girls, all adorned with the most splendid jewelry made of gold, lapis lazuli, and carnelian
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Earring, Early Dynastic IIIa, ca, 2600–2500 B.C, Mesopotamia, Ur, modern Tell al-Muqayyar, Sumerian, Gold, 2 3/4, 7 cm, Metalwork-Ornaments, earrings, Great Death, Pit, part, royal tomb, almost totally, destroyed, stone, chamber, Laid out, pit, bodies, six armed, men, sixty-eight people, women, adorned, splendid jewelry, gold, lapis lazuli, carnelian
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