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Headdress: ANE.1.1948

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Description

String of beads and leaves, from headdress from grave of a lady in waiting to Queen Shub-ad

Measurements and weight

Length: 0.145 m

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1948) by Reckitt, A. L.

Dating

Early Dynastic (Ur)
Circa -2600 - -2400

Components of the work

Beads composed of lapis lazuli carnelian
Leaves composed of gold

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Identification numbers

Accession number: ANE.1.1948
Primary reference Number: 87534
Oldadmincategory: O
Oldobjectnumber: WAE.1.1948

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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 18 July 2025

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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