Ancient Near Eastern jewelry from Sumer to Neo-Babylonian periods (c. 3500–539 BCE)

1. Late Uruk bead jewelry in Mesopotamia

   Jan 1, 3300 BCELabels: Late Uruk, Bead Jewelry, Lapis Lazuli

   • Encyclopedia

2. Cylinder seals emerge as wearable amulets

   Jan 1, 3000 BCELabels: Cylinder Seals, Wearable Amulets

   • Met

3. Royal Cemetery at Ur jewelry-rich burials

   Jan 1, 2600 BCELabels: Royal Cemetery, Elite Burials, Goldwork

   • Met
   • Ur Cemetery

4. Great Death Pit bead strands from Ur

   Jan 1, 2600 BCELabels: Great Death, Bead Strands, Gold-Lapis

   • Met

5. Puabi’s lunate earrings and royal headdress

   Jan 1, 2550 BCELabels: Puabi PG, Lunate Earrings, Royal Headdress

   • Penn Museum
   • Puabi

6. Akkadian glyptic ornaments: pierced seals for suspension

   Jan 1, 2250 BCELabels: Akkadian Seals, Pierced Seals

   • Christie s
   • Met

7. Old Babylonian Burney Relief: jewelry depicted in art

   Jan 1, 1800 BCELabels: Burney Relief, Old Babylonian, Iconography

   • British Museum
   • BM

8. Old Babylonian seals used as amulets

   Jan 1, 1750 BCELabels: Old Babylonian, Amulets

   • Met

9. Neo-Assyrian palace reliefs show ornate bracelets

   Jan 1, 875 BCELabels: Neo-Assyrian Reliefs, Palace Art

   • Brooklyn Museum
   • Ashurnasirpal

10. Queens’ Tombs at Nimrud: jewelry in situ

    Jan 1, 800 BCELabels: Queens' Tombs, In-situ Jewelry, Burial Assemblage

    • Nimrud Tombs
    • LA Times

11. Ishtar Gate: jewel-like glazed-brick aesthetics

    Jan 1, 600 BCELabels: Ishtar Gate, Neo-Babylonian, Glazed Bricks

    • Ishtar Gate
    • Met

12. Fall of Babylon ends Neo-Babylonian period

    Oct 12, 539 BCELabels: Fall of, Neo-Babylonian, Persian Conquest

    • Britannica
    • Babylon

13. Achaemenid-era Babylon hacksilber comparanda for earrings

    Jan 1, 450 BCELabels: Achaemenid Babylon, Hacksilber, Gold Earring

    • British Museum
    • Sci Rep