Round base with a small concave depression in the centre; sides slightly contracted to a flaring rim. Grey ware, slip on both surfaces burning brown on the interior, light brown on the exterior at the rim and sides, and black on lower part of sides and on base. Both surfaces bear traces of lustrous burnishing. Handmade. Restored.
Cloak beads from the upper body of the lady Pu-Abi. collar made of triangular lapis lazuli and gold beads and gold and lapis lazuli biconical beads. Four strands below collar of lapiz lazuli, gold and carnelian tube beads. 86 strings run vertically.-79 beads, all round to oval in shape. only 4 beads are gold. 16 lapis, followed by one gold, followed by 20 lapis, followed by one gold, followed by 16 lapis, followed by one gold, followed by 18 lapis, followed by one gold, ending with 5 lapis.
Cloak beads from the upper body of the lady Pu-Abi. collar made of triangular lapis lazuli and gold beads and gold and lapis lazuli biconical beads. Four strands below collar of lapiz lazuli, gold and carnelian tube beads. 86 strings run vertically.-25 alternating lapis and gold squat biconical beads beginning and ending with lapis
Cloak beads from the upper body of the lady Pu-Abi. collar made of triangular lapis lazuli and gold beads and gold and lapis lazuli biconical beads. Four strands below collar of lapiz lazuli, gold and carnelian tube beads. 86 strings run vertically.-33 beads with alternating lapis and agate, beginning and ending with lapis. The 17 lapis are all balls/ovals of various sizes. The 16 agate are all barrel shaped, some of which are slightly biconical. There is a broken agate bead which might join the fragment on strand 80.
Cloak beads from the upper body of the lady Pu-Abi. collar made of triangular lapis lazuli and gold beads and gold and lapis lazuli biconical beads. Four strands below collar of lapiz lazuli, gold and carnelian tube beads. 86 strings run vertically.-59 beads, almost all silver. Alternating squat biconical and round/oval beads. 6 of the round/oval beads are clearly gold, there might be one or two more that are hightly tarnished. No gold squat biconical.
Cloak beads from the upper body of the lady Pu-Abi. collar made of triangular lapis lazuli and gold beads and gold and lapis lazuli biconical beads. Four strands below collar of lapiz lazuli, gold and carnelian tube beads. 86 strings run vertically.-23 alternating lapis and carnelian beads, starting and ending with lapis. The 12 lapis beads are all squat biconical. The 11 carnelian beads are barrel-biconical.
Cloak beads from the upper body of the lady Pu-Abi. collar made of triangular lapis lazuli and gold beads and gold and lapis lazuli biconical beads. Four strands below collar of lapiz lazuli, gold and carnelian tube beads. 86 strings run vertically.-76 squat biconical lapis beads
Cloak beads from the upper body of the lady Pu-Abi. collar made of triangular lapis lazuli and gold beads and gold and lapis lazuli biconical beads. Four strands below collar of lapiz lazuli, gold and carnelian tube beads. 86 strings run vertically.-21 carnelian beads. Strand begins and ends with small carnelian ring, then between alternates between a squat biconical and a barrel/biconical bead, beginning and ending with the long shape.
Cloak beads from the upper body of the lady Pu-Abi. collar made of triangular lapis lazuli and gold beads and gold and lapis lazuli biconical beads. Four strands below collar of lapiz lazuli, gold and carnelian tube beads. 86 strings run vertically.-25 alternating lapis and carnelian beads, starting and ending with lapis. The 13 lapis beads are all balls/ovals. There are 11 carnelian beads that are all barrel shaped and some are slightly biconical, and one is a flattened lozenge.
Cloak beads from the upper body of the lady Pu-Abi. collar made of triangular lapis lazuli and gold beads and gold and lapis lazuli biconical beads. Four strands below collar of lapiz lazuli, gold and carnelian tube beads. 86 strings run vertically.-36 lapis and carnelian beads. The 27 lapis beads are all squat biconical. And the 9 carnelian are all barrel shaped, some of which are slightly biconical. the pattern is simple, it begins with one lapis, then alternating carnelian with three lapis until the end, which has only two lapis beads.
Cloak beads from the upper body of the lady Pu-Abi. collar made of triangular lapis lazuli and gold beads and gold and lapis lazuli biconical beads. Four strands below collar of lapiz lazuli, gold and carnelian tube beads. 86 strings run vertically.-27 alternating lapis and carnelian beads, starting and ending with lapis. The 14 lapis beads are all balls/ovals. There are 13 carnelian beads that are all barrel shaped and some are slightly biconical.
Cloak beads from the upper body of the lady Pu-Abi. collar made of triangular lapis lazuli and gold beads and gold and lapis lazuli biconical beads. Four strands below collar of lapiz lazuli, gold and carnelian tube beads. 86 strings run vertically.-53 alternating gold and lapis beads, beginning and ending with a gold bead. The 26 lapis beads are all barrel shaped of various degrees of biconical. The 27 gold beads are all very small, and mainly squat biconical but some are balls.
Cloak beads from the upper body of the lady Pu-Abi. collar made of triangular lapis lazuli and gold beads and gold and lapis lazuli biconical beads. Four strands below collar of lapiz lazuli, gold and carnelian tube beads. 86 strings run vertically.-168 small carnelian rings
Cloak beads from the upper body of the lady Pu-Abi. collar made of triangular lapis lazuli and gold beads and gold and lapis lazuli biconical beads. Four strands below collar of lapiz lazuli, gold and carnelian tube beads. 86 strings run vertically.-136 small carnelian rings
Cloak beads from the upper body of the lady Pu-Abi. collar made of triangular lapis lazuli and gold beads and gold and lapis lazuli biconical beads. Four strands below collar of lapiz lazuli, gold and carnelian tube beads. 86 strings run vertically.-alternating gold and lapis beads. The lapis and gold beads are all ovals/round. The string contains 67 beads, the chain beginning and ending with a lapis bead. [34 lapis, 33 gold]
Cloak beads from the upper body of the lady Pu-Abi. collar made of triangular lapis lazuli and gold beads and gold and lapis lazuli biconical beads. Four strands below collar of lapiz lazuli, gold and carnelian tube beads. 86 strings run vertically.-33 gold and carnelian beads of various shapes and sizes. 24 carnelian beads. 9 gold beads.
Cloak beads from the upper body of the lady Pu-Abi. collar made of triangular lapis lazuli and gold beads and gold and lapis lazuli biconical beads. Four strands below collar of lapiz lazuli, gold and carnelian tube beads. 86 strings run vertically.-25 alternating lapis and carnelian beads, starting and ending with lapis. The 13 lapis beads are all balls/ovals. There are 12 carnelian beads that are all barrel shaped and some are slightly biconical.
Cloak beads from the upper body of the lady Pu-Abi. collar made of triangular lapis lazuli and gold beads and gold and lapis lazuli biconical beads. Four strands below collar of lapiz lazuli, gold and carnelian tube beads. 86 strings run vertically.-17 beads with alternating lapis and agate, beginning and ending with lapis. The 9 lapis are all balls/ovals of various sizes. The 8 agate are all barrel shaped. One is quite large.
Cloak beads from the upper body of the lady Pu-Abi. collar made of triangular lapis lazuli and gold beads and gold and lapis lazuli biconical beads. Four strands below collar of lapiz lazuli, gold and carnelian tube beads. 86 strings run vertically.-4 strands of lapis, gold, carnelian barrel beads. Some are biconical of various degrees. This would have been worn at the top of the 86 vertical strands. The four strands, depending on mounting, hang in different orders, so this is a description of each strand. Strand One: 61 beads, beginning with lapis and ending with carnelian. For the most part there is a pattern of alternating carnelian with a lapis or gold bead. 16 lapis, 29 carnelian, 16 gold.Strand Two: 58 beads, beginning with lapis and ending with carnelian. For the most part there is a pattern of alternating carnelian with a lapis or gold bead. 14 lapis, 28 carnelian, 16 gold. Strand Three: Museum number on second bead from lef, the first gold beadt: 58 beads, beginning with carnelian and ending with lapis. For the most part there is a pattern of alternating carnelian with a lapis or gold bead. 15 lapis, 27 carnelian, 16 gold.Strand Four: 59 beads, beginning with carnelian and ending with lapis. For the most part there is a pattern of alternating carnelian with a lapis or gold bead. CBS17288 written on second lapis bead from the same end as the museum number on strand three. 15 lapis, 28 carnelian, 16 gold.
Cloak beads from the upper body of the lady Pu-Abi. collar made of triangular lapis lazuli and gold beads and gold and lapis lazuli biconical beads. Four strands below collar of lapiz lazuli, gold and carnelian tube beads. 86 strings run vertically.-long collar made of triangular beads as well as squat biconical beads with very few small balls in place of a squat biconical. Worn around the shoulder area, not vertical like the "cloak" beads. The 12 lapis triangles all face the same direction and have three holes cut through them. They are carved on both sides to mimic the folded nature of the gold triangles. The 11 gold triangle beads are all a single sheet of gold, folded over, and in many cases you can see the "tab" where it folds back onto itself. The folded nature of the beads leaves 7 "holes" through the bead. In all cases, the top and bottom strands have a pattern of gold, lapis, gold beads between the triangles. The center strand has a pattern of lapis, gold, and lapis beads. Each strand has 66 small beads, in groups of three.One small lapis squat biconical bead bears the number CBS17292 which is the number of Puabi's cuff.
Cloak beads from the upper body of the lady Pu-Abi. collar made of triangular lapis lazuli and gold beads and gold and lapis lazuli biconical beads. Four strands below collar of lapiz lazuli, gold and carnelian tube beads. 86 strings run vertically.-59 alternating gold and lapis beads. The lapis beads are biconical, and that the gold are all ovals. The chain begins and ends with a lapis bead. [30 lapis, 29 gold]
Cloak beads from the upper body of the lady Pu-Abi. collar made of triangular lapis lazuli and gold beads and gold and lapis lazuli biconical beads. Four strands below collar of lapiz lazuli, gold and carnelian tube beads. 86 strings run vertically.-25 alternating lapis and carnelian beads, starting and ending with lapis. The 13 lapis beads are all squat biconical. The 12 carnelian beads are barrel- biconical. One is possibly agate, but more likely an impure carnelian.
Cloak beads from the upper body of the lady Pu-Abi. collar made of triangular lapis lazuli and gold beads and gold and lapis lazuli biconical beads. Four strands below collar of lapiz lazuli, gold and carnelian tube beads. 86 strings run vertically.-37 lapis and carnelian beads. The 28 lapis beads are all squat biconical. And the 9 carnelian are all barrel shaped, some of which are biconical. the pattern is simple, it begins with two lapis, then alternating carnelian with three lapis until the end, which has only two lapis beads.
Cloak beads from the upper body of the lady Pu-Abi. collar made of triangular lapis lazuli and gold beads and gold and lapis lazuli biconical beads. Four strands below collar of lapiz lazuli, gold and carnelian tube beads. 86 strings run vertically.-14 carnelian beads. Strand begins and ends with small carnelian ring, then between alternates between a flattened lozenge and a barrel/biconical bead, beginning with the lozenge and ending with the barrel.
Cloak beads from the upper body of the lady Pu-Abi. collar made of triangular lapis lazuli and gold beads and gold and lapis lazuli biconical beads. Four strands below collar of lapiz lazuli, gold and carnelian tube beads. 86 strings run vertically.-43 gold beads. Begins and ends with a small gold ball. There are 11 braided gold beads separated by groups of three small gold beads. Sometimes the group of three is all gold balls, and sometimes a small biconical bead is mixed into that group.
Cloak beads from the upper body of the lady Pu-Abi. collar made of triangular lapis lazuli and gold beads and gold and lapis lazuli biconical beads. Four strands below collar of lapiz lazuli, gold and carnelian tube beads. 86 strings run vertically.-27 beads of alternating lapis and agate, starting and ending with lapis. The 14 lapis beads are all balls/ovals of various sizes. The 13 agate are all barrel shaped, only one of which could be described as biconical. [and could be a varigated carnelian, but I think its agate KB]
Cloak beads from the upper body of the lady Pu-Abi. collar made of triangular lapis lazuli and gold beads and gold and lapis lazuli biconical beads. Four strands below collar of lapiz lazuli, gold and carnelian tube beads. 86 strings run vertically.-23 beads of alternating lapis and agate, starting and ending with lapis. The 12 lapis beads are all balls/ovals of various sizes. The 11 agate are all barrel shaped.
Cloak beads from the upper body of the lady Pu-Abi. collar made of triangular lapis lazuli and gold beads and gold and lapis lazuli biconical beads. Four strands below collar of lapiz lazuli, gold and carnelian tube beads. 86 strings run vertically.-16 carnelian beads, beginning and ending with a small ring. Then, alternating flattened lozenge and barrel-biconical beads.