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Sumerian and Babylon jewels – overview

Gold and lapis lazuli, belt and garment pins, from Ur’s Royal Cemetery [Iraq] 2600-2450 BCE
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https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/61451
IRAQ – 2003 SEPTEMBER 23: Necklace of green stones and shells from Tell Gubba, Iraq. Sumerian civilisation, 4000 BC. Bagdad, National Iraq Museum (Archaeological Museum) (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)
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23 SEPTEMBER 2003: Gold necklace divider, from Ur, Iraq. Sumerian civilization, Early Dynastic period III, 3rd Millennium BC. Bagdad, National Iraq Museum (Archaeological Museum) (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)
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IRAQ – CIRCA 2002: Gold medallion with granulated decoration. Artefact from Larsa, Iraq. Babylonian civilisation, 18th Century BC. Bagdad, National Iraq Museum (Archaeological Museum) (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)
Gold medallion with granulated decoration. Artefact from Larsa, Iraq. Babylonian civilisation, 18th Century BC. Bagdad, National Iraq Museum
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IRAQ – 2003 SEPTEMBER 23: Necklace of gold leaf from Ur, Iraq. Sumerian civilization, Early Dynastic period III, 3rd Millennium BC. Bagdad, National Iraq Museum (Archaeological Museum) (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)
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Cuff. Iraq, Ur. Royal Graves at Ur. Multi-strand cuff lapis lazuli, carnelian and gold. Lapis is from Afghanistan, carnelian from Indus Valley. 5.5cm x 13cm
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https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/193896
https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/219763
https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/16826
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Earrings, pin and necklaces, Early Dynastic, 2600-2400 BCE. Including: Pair of earrings – gold, two hollow semicircles joined laterally; Silver pin with gold and lapis head; Necklace of triangular gold and lapis segments; Bead necklace, predominantly lapis with three groups of three gold beads dispersed amongst them. (Photo by Ashmolean Museum/Heritage Images/Getty Images)