Beads
Object type: Beads
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Sumerian
Period: Early Dynastic IIIa
Date: ca. 2600–2500 BCE
Medium: Gold, lapis lazuli, carnelian
Dimensions: 7 1/16 in. (18 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Ornaments
Geography:      Mesopotamia Ur (modern Tell al-Muqayyar)
Credit line: Dodge Fund, 1933
Accession year: 1933