String of Beads

B16114

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B16114
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Archaeology Area GRAVE 216
Section Near Eastern
Materials Agate | Amethyst | Quartz | Carnelian
Description

CBS Register: Necklace, single string 10", 15 amethyst, 1 carnelian, 1 crystal, 11 agate cyl. Grave 216. 3/4/95. mounted by Mrs. C.H. Dam (no 50)

-28 beads strung on a single string. alternating amethyst and agate, but for one carnelian and 1 quartz bead

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition to Nippur III, 1896

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