국립중앙박물관 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF KOREA

Earrings, necklace, beads and pin

Private Grave 1237 at the Royal Cemetery of Ur was discovered with 74 attendants buried inside, and thus dubbed the “Great Death Pit.” These ornaments belonged to female attendants, whose number amounts to 68 out of 74. The necklaces consist of alternating lapis lazuli and gold beads. The head of the silver pin is also made from lapis lazuli. Such pins were used to adjust clothes or pin small items such as seals or jewelry to one’s garments.