String of Beads

33-22-719

From: Iran | Tepe Hissar

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 33-22-719
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iran | Tepe Hissar
Archaeology Area Tepe Hissar
Locus Period III
Period Hissar III
Section Near Eastern
Materials Limestone | Jasper | Lapis Lazuli
Description

3+ beads. Single strand of a variety of beads: discs of limestone, jasper, diorite(?), grahamite, and yellow flint(?); six beads of lapis lazuli; and three beads of carnelian, one of them carinated. Strung as a possible gift for museum members in the 1930's. Original acc. number and field number lost.

Credit Line Persian Expedition; Erich Schmidt, 1933

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