大英博物館のインスタグラム(britishmuseum) - 2月23日 03時22分

This week we’ll showcase some of the beautiful necklaces in the Museum’s collection and the stories behind these incredible pieces.
These beads and pendants from around 2600 BC were found in a grave at the so-called 'Royal Cemetery' at Ur, an important city in ancient Mesopotamia which flourished under the Sumerian civilisation. Some 1,840 burials were found, dating to between 2600 and 2000 BC. These beads and pendants were found in the one of the burial shafts and are thought to have been left as offerings.
Sumerian craftsmen were highly skilled in stone and metalwork. Beads found in graves of this period were generally made using only four materials: gold, lapiz lazuli, carnelian and silver. Necklaces and diadems are known from as early as 7000 BC in northern Mesopotamia. Local stone was normally used, with more exotic stones and shell brought later into the region by trade or conquest. Among the most prestigious and valuable of stones was blue lapis lazuli from Afghanistan. In ancient documents, the stone was associated with gods and heroes, and 'lapis-like' was a standard way of describing unusual wealth.
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