String of Beads

33-22-707

From: Iran | Tepe Hissar

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 33-22-707
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iran | Tepe Hissar
Archaeology Area Tepe Hissar
Locus Period II
Period Hissar II
Section Near Eastern
Materials Gypsum | Limestone | Grahamite
Description

Triple strand of gypsum barrel beads with two limestone and one grahamite disc at six-bead intervals. Limestone tube beads and grahamite beads are in the center. Strung as a possible gift for museum members in the 1930's. Original accession number and field number lost.

Credit Line Persian Expedition; Erich Schmidt, 1933

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