String of Beads
B15937
Location: On Display in the Preserving Assyria
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B15937 |
| Current Location | Preserving Assyria - On Display |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Archaeology Area | Hill VIII, dirt by Shatt Chor |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Carnelian | Lapis Lazuli | Shell | Paste |
| Description | CBS Register: bracelet, 10 1/2", 36 beads, carnelian, lapis, green paste beads. Mounted by Mrs. C.H. Dam (no.44b) 9/94 32 beads, mainly carnelian. one shell, and 3 demon (Pazuzu?) heads [smaller, but similiar to B14693] 2 of which are green (glazed?), the other of which is still simple paste. |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur III, 1896 |
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