String of Beads

33-15-615

Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries

From: Iran | Tepe Hissar

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 33-15-615
Current Location Middle East Galleries - On Display
Provenience Iran | Tepe Hissar
Archaeology Area DF08X1 PR22
Locus DF 08x1 | Plot Record #22
Period Hissar III
Section Near Eastern
Materials Frit | Alabaster | Serpentine
Description

3 large frit biconical beads; 1 small frit biconical bead; 3 alabaster biconical beads ornamented with double incised circles; 8 serpentine (?), 4 plano-convex beads and 4 with flat base, convex sides sharply contracted to a small neck.

Height 4 cm
Outside Diameter 3 cm
Credit Line Persian Expedition; Erich Schmidt, 1933
Other Number H490C - Field No SF

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