String of Beads

33-35-146

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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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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