Queen Puabi’s headdress

c. 2600 BC · Sumer

Leaves and flowers of solid gold found on a Sumerian queen in the Royal Cemetery of Ur, with jewellery of lapis lazuli and carnelian.

Date

c. 2600 BC

Civilization

Sumer

Found at

Ur

Where it is today

Penn Museum, Philadelphia

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