String of Beads
B15992
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B15992 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Archaeology Area | COFFIN 90 |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Paste | Agate | Quartz | Carnelian | Lapis Lazuli |
| Description | CBS Register: necklace. single string. 23". 2 pendants, 123 beads. Coffin 90. Mounted by Mrs. C.H. Dam -123 beads on a single string. one pendant is a lapis dropped bead, the other looks to be an amethyst with part of the cortex still on the stone. The rest is alternating shell disks with mainly agate, but some paste beads, as well as carnelian. 2 quartz?rock crystal? beads. and one hematite(?) |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur III, 1896 |
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