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2. Queen Puabi's headdress - Wikipedia

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   Queen Puabi's headdress is a 2600–2450 BCE Mesopotamian crown consisting of ornate gold leaf wreaths, strands of lapis lazuli and carnelian beads, with a gold comb, and delicate hair ribbons. [1] The entirety of the headdress is estimated to weigh over 6 pounds. [ 2 ]

3. Rod-and-ring symbol - Wikipedia

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   The myth of Inanna's descent to the nether world describes how the goddess dresses and prepares herself: "She held the lapis-lazuli measuring rod and measuring line in her hand." [6] In tablet IV of the Enuma Elish, the rod and ring symbol is referenced as: "They rejoiced, and they did homage unto him, saying, "Marduk is King!"

4. Lapis lazuli - Wikipedia

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   Lapis lazuli (UK: / ˌ l æ p ɪ s ˈ l æ z (j) ʊ l i, ˈ l æ ʒ ʊ-,-ˌ l i /; US: / ˈ l æ z (j) ə l i, ˈ l æ ʒ ə-,-ˌ l i /), or lapis for short, is a deep-blue metamorphic rock used as a semi-precious stone that has been prized since antiquity for its intense color.

5. Imports to Ur - Wikipedia

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   In the royal cemetery lapis lazuli is found as jewelry, plaques and amulets, and as inlays in gaming boards, musical instruments, and ostrich-egg vessels as well as parts of larger sculptural groups such as the "Ram in a Thicket" and as the beard of a bull attached to a lyre. Some of the larger objects include a spouted cup, a dagger-hilt, and ...

6. Puabi - Wikipedia

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   The number of grave goods that Woolley uncovered in Puabi's tomb was staggering. They included a heavy, golden headdress made of golden leaves, rings and plates; a superb lyre (see Lyres of Ur) complete with a golden and lapis lazuli-encrusted bearded bull's head; a profusion of gold tableware; golden, carnelian, and lapis lazuli cylindrical beads used in extravagant necklaces and belts; a ...

7. File:Ring of Gold, Carnelian, Lapis Lazuli, Tello, ancient ...

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   Ring of Gold, Carnelian, Lapis Lazuli, Tello, ancient Girsu, mid-3rd millenium BC. Items portrayed in this file depicts. creator. some value. Flickr user ID ...