String of Beads
33-35-146
From: Iraq | Ur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
Object Number | 33-35-146 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Iraq | Ur |
Archaeology Area | PG, Pit W, JNG 17 |
Period | Jemdet Nasr |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Shell | Stone | Lapis Lazuli | Carnelian |
Description | Long strips of cowrie and other shells. Shell rings and tubular beads. Large flat rings of black stone. Lapis cylindrical and ball beads. Carnelian cylindrical beads. U.18555. -Cowrie (Cypraea panthera) and conus sections and Nerita, dentillium and lambis sections and Angina. |
Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1933 |
Other Number | U.18588? - Field No SF |
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