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Headdress. Culture: Sumerian. Dimensions: L. 15 1/8 in. (38.5 cm). Date: ca. 2600-2500 B.C.. Kings and nobles became increasingly powerful and independent of temple authority during the course of the Early Dynastic period (2900-2350 B.C.), although the success of a king's reign was considered to depend on support from the gods. A striking measure of royal wealth was the cemetery in the city of Ur, in which sixteen royal tombs were excavated in the 1920s and 1930s by Sir Leonard Woolley. These tombs consisted of a vaulted burial chamber for the king or queen, an adjoining pit in which as many as seventy-four attendants were buried, and a ramp leading into the grave from the ground. This delicate chaplet of gold leaves separated by lapis lazuli and carnelian beads adorned the forehead of one of the female attendants in the so-called King's Grave. In addition, the entombed attendants wore necklaces of gold and lapis lazuli, gold hair ribbons, and silver hair rings. Since gold, silver, lapis, and carnelian are not found in Mesopotamia, the presence of these rich adornments in the royal tomb attests to the wealth of the Early Dynastic kings as well as to the existence of a complex system of trade that extended far beyond the Mesopotamian River valley.
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HEADDRESS
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Traducción automática: Tocado. Cultura: sumeria. Dimensiones: L. 15 1/8 pulg. (38,5 cm). Fecha: ca. 2600-2500 a.C. Los reyes y los nobles se volvieron cada vez más poderosos e independientes de la autoridad del templo durante el período dinástico temprano (2900-2350 a. C.), aunque se consideraba que el éxito del reinado de un rey dependía del apoyo de los dioses. Una medida sorprendente de la riqueza real fue el cementerio de la ciudad de Ur, en el que Sir Leonard Woolley excavó dieciséis tumbas reales en las décadas de 1920 y 1930. Estas tumbas consistían en una cámara funeraria abovedada para el rey o la reina, un pozo contiguo en el que estaban enterrados hasta setenta y cuatro asistentes y una rampa que conducía a la tumba desde el suelo. Esta delicada corona de hojas de oro separadas por cuentas de lapislázuli y cornalina adornaba la frente de una de las asistentes femeninas en la llamada Tumba del Rey. Además, los asistentes sepultados llevaban collares de oro y lapislázuli, cintas de oro para el cabello y anillos de plata para el cabello. Dado que el oro, la plata, el lapislázuli y la cornalina no se encuentran en Mesopotamia, la presencia de estos ricos adornos en la tumba real da fe de la riqueza de los primeros reyes dinásticos, así como de la existencia de un complejo sistema de comercio que se extendía mucho más allá el valle del río Mesopotamia.
Headdress. Culture: Sumerian. Dimensions: L. 15 1/8 in. (38.5 cm). Date: ca. 2600-2500 B.C.. Kings and nobles became increasingly powerful and independent of temple authority during the course of the Early Dynastic period (2900-2350 B.C.), although the success of a king's reign was considered to depend on support from the gods. A striking measure of royal wealth was the cemetery in the city of Ur, in which sixteen royal tombs were excavated in the 1920s and 1930s by Sir Leonard Woolley. These tombs consisted of a vaulted burial chamber for the king or queen, an adjoining pit in which as many as seventy-four attendants were buried, and a ramp leading into the grave from the ground. This delicate chaplet of gold leaves separated by lapis lazuli and carnelian beads adorned the forehead of one of the female attendants in the so-called King's Grave. In addition, the entombed attendants wore necklaces of gold and lapis lazuli, gold hair ribbons, and silver hair rings. Since gold, silver, lapis, and carnelian are not found in Mesopotamia, the presence of these rich adornments in the royal tomb attests to the wealth of the Early Dynastic kings as well as to the existence of a complex system of trade that extended far beyond the Mesopotamian River valley.
Técnica/material:
Gold, lapis lazuli, carnelian
Periodo:
Early Dynastic IIIa
Museo:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Crédito:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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Modelo: No - Propiedad: No
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Tamaño imagen:
4200 x 3311 px | 39.8 MB
Tamaño impresión:
35.6 x 28.0 cm | 14.0 x 11.0 in (300 dpi)
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