String of Beads

33-22-703

From: Iran | Tepe Hissar

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 33-22-703
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iran | Tepe Hissar
Archaeology Area Tepe Hissar
Locus Period II
Period Hissar II
Section Near Eastern
Materials Gypsum | Limestone
Description

Double strand of gypsum barrel beads alternated every six beads with two grahamite and one limestone disc. Fourteen larger discs of grahamite and limestone are in the center. Restrung 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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