On today’s episode of Works Not Cited, I’m expanding the time range a bit and taking us back to the 2000s BCE to discuss the burial of Queen Puabi in the Sumerian city of Ur! In looking at her mortuary dress and goods- elaborate gold headdress! Beaded cloak! Silver beer cup with a straw!- I’ll be discussing the power of elite Sumerian women and how they used material culture and Mesopotamian symbols to emphasize it!

Further resources and bibliography accessible at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QzKDV4RxEHlvVNa7aptu0jV71fcSvBanW9X_p22LfYc/edit?usp=sharing