Let me see ya grillz, yea yea ya grillz!
In the year 1922, an archaeologist by the name of C. Leonard Woolley unearthed interesting discoveries in the ancient Sumerian city of Ur. He unveiled 1800 graves and among them 16 tombs caught especially his attention. They were named "The Royal Tombs of Ur" after the treasures found. One of the artifacts recovered from the tombs was the famous gold and lapis lazuli bull's head lyre. Beneath the bull's head is an inlaid plaque portraying mythical animals drinking and performing. Another great find was the statue Wooley liked to call "ram caught in a thicket". The statue is made of gold, silver, lapis lazuli, copper, shell, red linestome, and bitumen. However, the tomb of Queen Puabi, and the artifacts found in her tomb were the most extraordinary. It's not just because of its richness but because it also survived through years of looting. With Queen Puabi was her intricate headdress.It was made of gold leaves, ribbons, strands of lapis lazuli, and carnelian beads. She also had a comb made out of gold, chokers, necklaces, and a pair of moon-shaped earrings. The treasures of the Tombs of Ur will remain in History as one of the most impressive cultural heritage of the Middle East. Today, the artifacts can be found at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
Source: McClung Museum Special Exhibition Image: Ur, Photograph 17th January 2004, by Lasse Jensen. The Royal tombs.
Woolley's Plan of the Tomb.
description of contents:
In a pit associated with Puabi's chamber were five armed men, a wooden sled drawn by a pair of oxen, four grooms for the oxen, and a wood chest or wardrobe which probably contained textiles, long since decomposed. Three more attendants crouched near the wardrobe, surrounded by metal, stone and clay vessels. At the opposite end of the pit were 12 female attendants, all wearing less-elaborate versions of Puabi's headdress. Apparently the afterlife sought by the people of Ur included communal beer drinking, because the implements buried with Puabi included a four-foot-long straw of gold for the purpose.
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Headdress of the Queen:
