Headdress from Tomb of Queen Puabi / Queen Puabi's head-dress in situ in grave RT800; to the left a cylinder seal, pins, and other ornaments / Early Dynastic (Mesopotamian); Creation date: ca. 2500 BCE

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Work Title: Headdress from Tomb of Queen Puabi
View Title: Queen Puabi's head-dress in situ in grave RT800; to the left a cylinder seal, pins, and other ornaments
Creator/Culture: Sumerian
Site/Repository: Discovery location: Royal Cemetery, Tall al-Muqayyar (Iraq); Repository: Iraq Museum (Baghdad, Iraq)
Period/Date: Early Dynastic (Mesopotamian); Creation date: ca. 2500 BCE
Media/Technique: gold, lapis lazuli
Subjects: Crowns; Ur (Extinct city)
Work Record ID: 540745
Image Record ID: 961534
Classification Filing Number: 116; U72; 9Pz 3

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Collection: History of Art, VRC Image Bank
Record: 961534
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-961534/1

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Full citation: History of Art Department, Visual Resource Collections. Image 961534. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. URL: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-961534/1. April 19, 2024.