Necklace, Early Dynastic IIIa, ca. 2600–2500 B.C., Mesopotamia, Ur (modern Tell al-Muqayyar), Sumerian, Gold, lapis lazuli, L. 22.5 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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Necklace, Early Dynastic IIIa, ca, 2600–2500 B.C, Mesopotamia, Ur, modern Tell al-Muqayyar, Sumerian, Gold, lapis lazuli, L, 22.5 cm, Metalwork-Ornaments, choker, adorned, sixty-eight women, young girls, laid, out, Great Death, Pit, part, royal tomb, bodies, ornamented, splendid jewelry, gold, carnelian
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