String of Beads

B15994

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B15994
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Archaeology Area COFFIN 263
Section Near Eastern
Materials Paste | Agate | Carnelian
Description

CBS Register: necklace. double string. 20". paste and agate. 1 pendant. coffin 263. Mounted by Mrs. C.H. Dam

-113 beads strung, 1 broken bead in the box. mainly pastae, some shell, carnelian. one large agate with a flat side, and a paste bead, hollow [like an acorn cap] used as pendant

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition to Nippur III, 1896

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