Queen Puabi's Tomb, PG/800, measured 4.35 x 2.8 meters and was built of limestone slabs and mud brick. On a raised platform in the tomb, a skeleton of a middle aged woman lay wearing an elaborate gold, lapis lazuli and carnelian headdress. She wore a huge pair of crescent-shaped golden earrings, and her torso was covered with gold and semi-precious beads.
Near the skeleton's right shoulder were found three lapis lazuli cylinder seals. Inscribed on one of the seals was the name Pu-abi, with the title "nin", translated as queen. A second seal is labeled "A-bara-gi", thought to be the name of Puabi's husband. Three additional complete skeletons and the skull fragment of a fourth were found in the tomb and are considered retainers, part of Puabi's royal court and/or servants who were sacrificed at her funeral. More retainers were discovered in the adjacent pit and ramps alongside Pu-abi's tomb: recent examination of the bones suggest that at least some of these had been menial laborers for most of their lives.
