String of Beads

B16198

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B16198
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Date Made Late 2nd - early 1st millennium BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Paste | Stone
Description

CBS Register: Necklace, single string. 29. 30". graded paste eyes. with sketch. and stone clasp. Mounted by Mrs. C.H. Dam.

-the one stone might be soapstone. 27 beads strung, one unstrung in box. Other than the stone, they are paste eyes of various sizes.

Length 76 cm
Width 4 cm
Credit Line Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I-IV, 1888-1900

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