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- Title
The golden leaves of Ur.
- Authors
Tengberg, M.; Potts, D. T.; Francfort, H.-P.
- Abstract
The famous headdress of Pu-abum at Ur is an object of great beauty. But the authors show that the gold leaves of the headdresses and diadems oleher court circle can tell an even richer story. Identifying among them the leaves of the sissoo tree, they show that its symbolic usage celebrated a wide range of properties, from medicine to furniture. These were properties appreciated not only in Mesopotamia but in eastern Iran and the Indus Valley, home to the sissoo tree as well as to neighbouring civilisations.
- Subjects
MESOPOTAMIA; IRAQ; GOLD in art; PREHISTORIC decoration &; ornament; PREHISTORIC art; DALBERGIA sissoo; UR (Extinct city)
- Publication
Antiquity, 2008, Vol 82, Issue 318, p925
- ISSN
0003-598X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0003598X00097684