Jewellery is a category of personal adornment that includes objects such as necklaces, earrings, bracelets, and rings. In Mesopotamia jewellery could be made from valuable metals such as gold and silver, and could include precious and semi-precious stones such as lapis lazuli, carnelian, amethyst, and turquoise. Jewellery was a means of displaying wealth, status, and identity, but it could also have apotropaic functions, protecting the wearer from harm. As such, amulets, such as this head of Pazuzu, are also included in this category; as are other forms of ornamentation such as hairpins. For seals which could also be worn as a form of adornment, see the ‘Seals’ category.
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| مجوهرات | Arabic |
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@misc{CDLI2026Jewellery,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-30]},
author = {{CDLI contributors}},
year = {2026},
month = {apr 30},
title = {Jewellery - {Artifact} {Types}},
url = {https://cdli.earth/artifact-types/19},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/artifact-types/19},
}
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