String of Beads
B15908
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B15908 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Archaeology Area | Coffin 243 |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Stone | Paste | Silver |
| Description | CBS Register: necklace, single string. 16 1/4", 40 beads, clay bead for pendant. Mounted by Mrs. C.H. Dam (no. 25) strung on fishing wire, not on string. Beads of paste, carnelian, two silver, one clay pendant in the shape of a bowl with two pierced handles--it connects to the necklaces via these pierced handles. |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur III, 1896 |
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