A lapis lazuli cylinder seal decorated with geometric pattern. Piedmont style, Jemdet Nasr period (3100-2900 BCE), from Iraq, now part of Yale Babylonian Collection [7997×6205]
A lapis lazuli cylinder seal decorated with geometric pattern. Piedmont style, Jemdet Nasr period (3100-2900 BCE), from Iraq, now part of Yale Babylonian Collection [7997×6205]
Just as I associate maroon red with the Romans and purple with the Eastern Romans, I can’t help but associate lapis and gold with the Babylonians of southern Iraq.
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Just as I associate maroon red with the Romans and purple with the Eastern Romans, I can’t help but associate lapis and gold with the Babylonians of southern Iraq.