Beads

85-48-87

From: Iraq | Nippur (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

Object Number 85-48-87
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur (uncertain)
Section Near Eastern
Materials Obsidian | Quartzite | Lapis Lazuli | Stone | Glass | Garnet (uncertain) | Amethyst | Agate | Jasper | Amber | Hematite | Limestone | Coral | Shell | Paste | Sandstone | Carnelian | Basalt
Description

Assorted beads and stones; 1 calcite/ alabaster; 1 obsidian; 2 quartzite; 6 lapis; 8 glass; 2 garnet?; 12 amrthyst; 5 soapstone/serpentine; 7 agate; 8 jasper; 25 amber; 3 fossiliferous limestone; 2 quartz; 1 hematite; 1 coral; 4 shell; 1 paste; 1 sandstone; 8 carnelian; 6 basalt.

-16 bags labeled with the above information, but the counts are different: Bag 1: Iron Ore (count 1); Bag 2: quarzite (count 2); Bag 3: garnet (fragments); Bag 4: agate (count 4); Bag 5: soapstone/serpentine (count 5); Bag 6: carnelian (count 9); Bag 7: amber (count 15, and fragments); Bag 8: basalt (count 5); Bag 9: fossiliferous limestone (count 3); Bag 10: quartz (count 3); Bag 11: lapis (count 7); Bag 12: coral (count 1); Bag 13: jasper (count 9); Bag 14: obsidian (count 1); Bag 15: amethyst (count 12); Bag 16: glass (count 11)

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I-IV, 1888-1900

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