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== Gallery == <gallery> File:Bull LACMA M.71.73.4.jpg|A bovine with eyes decorated with lapis lazuli. [[Fertile Crescent]], [[Sumer]]ian, 889-853 B.C. File:Oriental Institute Museum. ORLY? (5948770604).jpg|[[Sumer]]ian bald clean-shaven male worshipper head, 2600β2500 BC; [[gypsum]], shell, lapis lazuli and [[bitumen]]; from [[Nippur]] ([[Iraq]]); Museum of the [[Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures]] (Chicago) File:Necklace beads MET DP104225.jpg|Sumerian necklace beads; 2600β2500 BC; gold and lapis lazuli; length: {{convert|54|cm|in|abbr=on}}; [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] (New York City) File:Necklace MET an33.35.47.jpg|Sumerian necklace; 2600β2500 BC; gold and lapis lazuli; length: {{convert|22.5|cm|in|abbr=on}}; from the [[Royal Cemetery at Ur]] (Iraq); Metropolitan Museum of Art File:Scarab Finger Ring MET 26.7.755 top.jpg|[[Ancient Egypt]]ian scarab finger ring; 1850β1750 BC; lapis lazuli scarab set in gold plate and on a gold wire ring lapis-lazuli; diameter: {{convert|2.5|cm|in|abbr=on}}, the scarab: {{convert|1.8|cm|in|abbr=on}}; Metropolitan Museum of Art File:Conical seal MET vsz1999 325 097.jpg|Neo-Babylonian conical seal; 7thβ6th century BC; lapis lazuli; height: {{convert|2.7|cm|in|abbr=on}}, diameter: {{convert|2.1|cm|in|abbr=on}}; Metropolitan Museum of Art File:Plaque- Wedjat Eye MET 30.8.1053 view 2.jpg|Ancient Egyptian plaque with an [[Eye of Horus]]; 664β332 BC; lapis lazuli; length: {{convert|1.8|cm|in|abbr=on}}, width: {{convert|1.6|cm|in|abbr=on}}; Metropolitan Museum of Art File:Lapis lazuli ring stone MET DP261442 (cropped).jpg|Greek or Roman ring stone; lapis lazuli; {{convert|2.1|x|1.6|x|0.3|cm|in|abbr=on}}; Metropolitan Museum of Art File:Bead ornament with lapis lazuli MET sf951625color.jpg|Roman bead ornament; gold and lapis lazuli; {{convert|3|Γ|1.8|Γ|0.5|cm|in|abbr=on}}; Metropolitan Museum of Art File:Lapis lazuli oval set in silver ring.jpg|20th century silver ring with polished lapis oval; {{convert|2|x|2.4|x|1|cm|in|abbr=on}} File:Elephant carved in lapis lazuli Length 7 cm arp.jpg|Elephant carved from lapis lazuli. Length {{convert|7|cm|in|abbr=on}}. File:Lapis lazuli, Smithsonian Objects of Wonder.jpg|Large lapis lazuli specimen from Afghanistan's [[Hindu Kush]] mountains. [[National Museum of Natural History]] (Washington, D.C.) </gallery>
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