Eastern Zhou Jade Belt Ornament

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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published on 12 December 2018
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The rings are held together by links without joints in them, and the whole was carved from a small jade pebble. A similar but more elaborate belt ornament has been excavated from the 5th-century tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng, found at Suizhou, Hubei province. From modern-day China. Eastern Zhou period, 500-400 BCE. (The British Museum, London).

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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Amin, O. S. M. (2018, December 12). Eastern Zhou Jade Belt Ornament. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9513/eastern-zhou-jade-belt-ornament/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Eastern Zhou Jade Belt Ornament." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified December 12, 2018. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9513/eastern-zhou-jade-belt-ornament/.

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Eastern Zhou Jade Belt Ornament." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 12 Dec 2018. Web. 25 Dec 2024.

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